While the farmers at the Delhi borders are into their tractor rally, they receive support from various parts of the country, especially from CMs of various states. Unsurprisingly, chaos erupted at various places in and around Delhi during the tractor rally.

Captain Amarinder Singh: Tractor parade testimony to celebration of Republic, constitutional ethos

Calling the tractor parade on Republic Day a “testimony to the celebration of the Indian Republic and its constitutional ethos”, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, on Monday, appealed to the farmers to ensure that it remains peaceful, just like their anti-farm law protests.

“Peace has been the hallmark of your (farmers’) democratic protests all these months, and should remain integral to your agitation in the days ahead, including the R-Day tractor rally into the national capital,” the chief minister said in his Republic Day eve message.

“The sight of your (farmers’) tractors on Delhi roads tomorrow will underline the fact that the ethos of the Indian Constitution and the essence of our Republic is inalienable and uncompromisable,” he said.

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He said that the farmers’ “arduous battle” for survival will always remind people of this truth, and it will always help them remember that the principles on which stands the edifice of India cannot be destroyed or demolished on the whims of a few. On Monday, many farmers marched from Haryana’s Sonipat to participate in Delhi’s tractor parade.

Entire country stands with farmers, said Rajasthan Congress ahead of tractor parades

Rajasthan Congress leaders on Monday said that the entire country and the party is with the farmers protesting against the Centre’s three farm laws. Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra said that it will be a historic day when farmers take out the tractor parades in the national capital on Tuesday. The Congress stands united with farmers, Dotasra said.

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Rajasthan Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas said that the entire country is with the farmers who are ‘disappointed due to an autocratic government at the Centre’. “Tomorrow will be a historic day for the self-respect of farmers. It will be a day of raising voice for the victory of farmers. The whole world will see how shameless the government is at the Centre. It is taking votes from the poor and farmers and kicking them on their stomach today,” Dotasra said on Monday in a scathing attack on the centre.
“Thousands of farmers from Rajasthan have also left for Delhi with tractor trolley. The Congress stands with the farmer. Tomorrow will be a historic day, a day for demonstrating power of farmers,” he said.

Chaos erupts on R-day in Delhi

The Delhi Police on Tuesday used tear gas on a group of farmers after they broke barricades, attacked police personnel, and vandalized a police bus at ITO in Central Delhi. Earlier this morning, chaos prevailed at Delhi’s borders as groups of protesting farmers camping at Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur border points of the national capital broke police barricades to force their way into the capital, before the time allotted by the Delhi Police for their tractor parade. The police used lathicharge and tear gas at farmers in Singhu and Ghazipur.