'Free Diesel Sewa' To Help Farmers Taking Part In The Upcoming Tractor Rally
Just as the farmers gear up for the rally a viral video on Twitter shows a truck giving out for diesel for that participating in the rally.
Farmers protesting against the new contentious farm laws have, after a significant back-and-forth with the police, received permission from the Delhi Police to conduct a tractor rally on Republic Day.
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Just as the farmers gear up for the rally a viral video on Twitter shows a truck giving out free diesel for those participating in the rally.
Diesel in Langar !
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The person shooting the video says that the special 'Diesel Langar' was set up by residents of Mirzapur village in Punjab. In the video, the person can be heard saying in Punjabi, 'While the government does not think about these basic needs, it's the farmers who stand by each other for help.'
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The Delhi Police has reportedly said that the farmers can enter Delhi for a few kilometres and then exit at ¡®designation spots¡¯. Three routes have reportedly been assigned to farmers to carry out their tractor rally.
According to PTI, farmers' tractor rally is slated to begin amid tight security after the conclusion of Republic Day celebrations.
Expressing dismay at the routes assigned for the rally, Sukhwinder Singh Sabhra of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee told ANI, ¡°We feel that the kind of permission granted to us for tractor rally is not right. We wanted to go to the old Ring Road but we were given conditional permission and assigned the portion that comes largely under Haryana.¡±
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¡°All we¡¯re saying we just want to go to Ring Road. We¡¯ll have a meeting with the police today over this. Routes will be decided after that,¡± the farmer leader further added.
Farmers had proposed to hold the Republic Day tractor rally on Delhi¡¯s Outer Ring Road. However, three routes other than the proposed one were allotted for the rally from three border points of Delhi, informed Special Commissioner of Police (CP), Intelligence in Delhi Police, Dependra Pathak on Sunday.
¡°The tractor rally will enter Delhi from Tikri, Singhu, and Ghazipur borders and return to its originating points. From Singhu, it will pass through Kanjhawala, Bawana, Auchandi border, KMP Expressway, and then return to Singhu,¡± Pathak told reporters at a press conference.
Farmers from all across the country are marching towards Delhi to take part in the scheduled rally.
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Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws ¨C Farmers¡¯ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
