Finance
By: Shree1news, 26 JAN 2021
Tens of thousands of protesting farmers drove long lines of tractors into India’s capital on Tuesday, breaking by way of police barricades, defying tear gas and storming the historic Red Fort as the nation celebrated Republic Day.
They waved farm union flags from the ramparts of the fort, the place prime ministers annually hoist the national flag to mark the country’s independence.
Thousands more farmers marched on foot or rode on horseback whereas shouting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At some locations, they had been showered with flower petals by residents who recorded the unprecedented rally on their phones.
Leaders of the farmers said more than 10,000 tractors joined the protest.
Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons at numerous places to push back the rows upon rows of tractors, which shoved apart concrete and steel barricades. Authorities blocked roads with large vehicles and buses in an attempt to stop the farmers from reaching the center of the capital.
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The tractor rally overshadowed the Republic Day celebrations, which had been scaled back due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Source:A-N
