Farmers Claim Police Have Given Permission For Tractor Rally On R-Day; Over 2L To Participate

The Delhi Police has given permission to farmers to carry out the tractor rally that is scheduled to be held on Republic Day.

Delhi Police has given permission for the tractor parade on January 26, claimed farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar after protesting unions met the police, according to news agency PTI.

However, the Delhi Police have said they have not given the farmers anything in writing regarding the proposed route of their march.

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Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav said the farmers have been allowed to enter Delhi. ¡°Farmers will take out ¡®Kisan Gantantra Parade¡¯ on January 26. Barricades will be opened and we will enter Delhi. We (farmers and Delhi Police) have reached an agreement on the route, final details are to be worked out tonight,¡± he was quoted saying by ANI.

Farmers unions protesting the Centre¡¯s three farm laws had said they would go ahead with their tractor parade in Delhi on the Republic Day. They had announced to take out the tractor parade on the Outer Ring Road in Delhi.

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¡°We all are geared up for participation in a tractor parade. Our first batch will move from Khanauri (in Sangrur) and another from Dabwali (in Sirsa district),¡± Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan said on Friday.

Tractors would carry flags of the union and posters with slogans of ¡°Kisan Ekta Zindabad¡±, ¡°No Farmer No Food¡± and ¡°Kaale Kannon Radd Karo¡±, said Kokrikalan.

Several women will drive tractors as part of the parade.