Farmers can enter Delhi for R-day tractor rally, to remain close to borders

Having didn’t persuade farmers to remain exterior the borders of Delhi regardless of talks for the previous week, the Delhi Police Saturday granted them permission to hold out a tractor parade on Republic Day contained in the Capital, however with modifications of their deliberate route and on the situation that they may begin solely after the completion of the official parade on Rajpath.
As per the settlement, the farmers will enter Delhi from all of the three borders the place 1000’s of them have been protesting for the previous two months, however keep within the adjoining areas and never enterprise in direction of Central Delhi.
Thousands of tractors are headed for Delhi from Punjab and Haryana to take part within the parade. Kulwant Singh Sandhu, normal secretary of the Punjab Jamhoori Kisan Sabha, stated.
“Around 2.5-3 lakh tractors will take to the roads near the protest sites. The parade will be absolutely peaceful from our end.”
Buta Singh Shadipur, Punjab president of the Bharatiya Kisan Manch, stated, “We are still deliberating on the route and the locations. On January 26, vehicles will march up to the select points and head back to the borders.”
The Delhi Police had held a collection of talks with farmers making an attempt to persuade them first to cancel their parade, and later to maintain it exterior the Capital, at the same time as safety was tightened in view of the Republic Day.
Sources stated a gathering was held on Saturday as properly, lasting round 4 hours, after which the farmers and senior officers of the Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana Police reached the settlement over the rally to be held on January 26.
“The farmers have been asked to send a written application, specifying their proposed routes, the number of tractors and farmers participating in the parade, and the timings. We will discuss the route tomorrow with them. But they have said the tractor parade will only be in the areas around the borders where they are protesting. They have been assured medical assistance and security during the parade,” police sources stated.

According to sources, whereas the parade from the Singhu aspect is likely to be for round 100 km, the tractors will journey 125 km across the Tikri border.
Sources stated the primary assembly with farmers had been chaired by a JCP-rank officer of the Delhi Police in Kondli, the place they reasoned with the protesters that conducting a rally contained in the Capital on Republic Day posed a safety risk. But the farmers, sources stated, didn’t relent. “In another meeting, a Special CP-rank officer was sent from Delhi Police headquarters to join the meeting to discuss the route and arrangements of the proposed rally on January 26. They asked the farmers to carry out their tractor rally on the Kundli–Manesar–Palwal (KMP) Expressway, but this too was rejected by the farmers,” stated a senior officer.
In view of the Republic Day celebrations, the Delhi Police has deployed a five-layer safety in and across the metropolis. Over 40,000 police, ITBP and CRPF personnel can be deployed at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders, police stated.