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Brothers - there is no real power in Delhi, because it never represents people - just manipulative chanakya like  SCUMBAGS selling us Ram, some rubbish false history and emotionally manipulating us while taxing us and disrespecting languages. Farmers have shown that delhi does not have the moral courage to stop. we can get every justifed demand of ours - our fair tax share, our special status promised to us and everything. JUST DONT SUCK UP TO DELHI and ditch your people.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55793731 

India protest: Farmers breach Delhi's Red Fort in huge tractor rally

media captionIndia police fire tear gas as farmers break through barricades

A rally against agriculture reforms in India turned violent on Tuesday, after protesting farmers broke through police barricades to storm Delhi's historic Red Fort complex.

On foot and in tractors, the protesters were part of a huge rally planned for India's Republic Day.

Many protesters diverted from agreed routes and clashes broke out with police.

One protester died and more than 80 police officers were injured.

Mobile internet services were suspended in parts of Delhi and some metro stations closed as security forces scrambled to restore order.

The government is yet to comment on the violence, but reports say Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with Delhi police to discuss the situation.

Protesters climb on a dome at the ramparts of the Red Fort in DelhiIMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES
image captionSome protesters hoisted flags at the top of the dome on the Red Fort

The government says the reforms that spurred the protests will liberalise the agriculture sector, but farmers say they will lose income.

Tens of thousands of them have been striking on the outskirts of Delhi since November, demanding the laws be repealed. Last week they rejected a government offer to put the laws on hold.

It is one of the longest farmers-led protests India has ever seen, pitting the community against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) government.

How did the protests turn violent?

Police allowed Tuesday's rally on the condition that it would not interrupt the annual Republic Day parade in central Delhi.

Republic Day is a national holiday that marks the anniversary of India officially adopting its constitution on 26 January 1950.

Farmers were given specific routes for the rally, which would largely be confined to the outskirts. But a group of them converged on the historic Red Fort. They breached security and clambered onto the walls and domes of the fortress, even hoisting flags alongside the national flag.

By Tuesday afternoon, police said they had removed protesters from the complex, but the situation remained tense.

"We came here to deliver a message to the Modi government, our job is done. We will go back now," one protesting farmer told NDTV.

Other protesters broke through police barricades and marched towards central Delhi, where India's parliament is located.

A BBC graphic showing where protesters entered Delhi
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Images from the ITO metro station junction - on the route to central Delhi - showed police clashing with farmers and using tear gas and batons. Protesters driving tractors appeared to be deliberately trying to run over police personnel. Local media reported injuries on both sides.

At least one protester died at the junction when his tractor overturned as police fired tear gas.

BBC correspondents said protesters outnumbered the police at the ITO junction, leaving them struggling to control the crowd.

"We have been appealing to farmers to go by the pre-approved route but some of them broke police barricades, attacked police personnel," a senior police officer told ANI news agency. "We are appealing to farmers' unions to help maintain peace."

Union leaders issued similar appeals, condemning and distancing themselves from the violence.

Farmers march through Delhi as part of the tractor rally on January 26, 2021.
image captionThousands marched on foot, alongside tractors, in the rally
Farmers fought through tear gas to continue their rallyIMAGE COPYRIGHTPTI
image captionPolice used tear gas in some places to try to disperse protesters
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What is the Red Fort?

  • The Red Fort was built in the early 17th Century by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and was the seat of Mughal rule until 1857, when India began to be governed by the British
  • The huge citadel, with its distinctive red sandstone walls, took nearly a decade to complete
  • India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the national flag from the fort on 16 August 1947 - a day after independence from Britain was declared
  • Indian troops left the fort in December 2003, after which it was handed over to the tourism ministry
  • The fort was designated a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2007
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4 minutes ago, Hydrockers said:

Amit uncle resign chestada

Home ministry fail ayyinatte

Intelligence dept fail ayyinatte ga

Edi itana non bjp place lo ayyi unte mana modi thata rechi poyevadu ga mari

Yem intelligence department. Idhi nizanga democracy aithe how can rulers not know the anger a law like that will generate.

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