Over 300 Twitter handles generated from Pak to disrupt farmers’ tractor rally: Delhi Police
3 min read Delhi Police on Sunday claimed that over 300 Twitter handles have been generated from Pakistan to disrupt the tractor rally proposed by protesting farmers on Republic Day.
Detailing the plan for the tractor parade, Deependra Pathak, Special Commissioner of Police (Intelligence) mentioned the rally on Tuesday might be performed amid tight safety after the Republic Day celebrations conclude.
“Over 300 twitter handles have been generated from Pakistan during January 13 to 18 to disrupt the tractor rally by farmers only by misleading people. There are inputs about the same from different agencies too. It will be a challenging task for us but the rally will be conducted amid tight security after the Republic Day parade is over,” Pathak mentioned at a press convention.
Since November final 12 months, farmers, principally from Punjab and Haryana, have been protesting in opposition to the Centre’s three new agriculture legal guidelines at a number of Delhi border factors, together with Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur, demanding that the legislations be repealed.
Pathak mentioned, “As the farmers wanted to do a tractor rally on January 26, we have come to a conclusion that the rally will be conducted after the timing of the Republic Day Celebration ends. We have given them around 170 kilometres of distance in three routes.”
Barricades and different safety preparations might be eliminated and the farmers will enter the nationwide capital. Later, they are going to return to their locations after masking a “respectable” distance, police mentioned.
“For the Delhi Police, it will be a challenging task. We have spoken to Haryana and Uttar Pradesh Police officers about how it will be conducted in a convenient way. The rally will be started after the time period of the Republic Day Celebration has ended,” he mentioned.
“We will have the tractor rally on January 26 and there will be no disturbance of the Republic Day celebration and security arrangements,” Pathak mentioned.The skilled evaluation of those routes has been finished, he mentioned.
The anticipated variety of tractors must be distributed in a approach that the rally might be concluded in a peaceable and self-discipline approach, police mentioned, including that enough safety might be offered to the rally.
“The rally will start from Singhu border and pass through Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar, Kanjhawala, Bawana, Auchandi Borer, Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway and will return to Singhu border. It will cover a stretch of around 62 kilometres,” Pathak mentioned.
He mentioned the farmers with their tractors will begin from Tikri border and move by way of Nangloi, Najafgarh, Jharoda, Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway and can head again to Tikri border.
“The rally from Ghazipur border will pass through Apsara Border, Hapur Road Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway and concluded at Ghazipur. Those farmers group will cover 46 kilometres of distance,” Pathak mentioned.
The routes will cowl over 100 kilometres of distance within the nationwide capital, police mentioned.
The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha assured that they are going to return to their respective locations from the place the rally began, police mentioned.
As of now, there are roughly 12,000 to 13,000 tractors at varied Delhi border factors — round 7,000 to eight,000 at Tikri, round 5,000 at Singhu and round 1,000 at Ghazipur border — police mentioned, including that their quantity is predicted to go additional up.
While police tried to persuade farmer leaders to carry their tractor parade outdoors the nationwide capital, they had been adamant on holding the proposed rally on Delhi’s busy Outer Ring Road.
Earlier, there have been three rounds of conferences between the unions and law enforcement officials from Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, nevertheless it was in the course of the fourth spherical of talks over the tractor parade on Friday the place each side reached an settlement.
