New Delhi (AP) – Thousands of farmers who attacked the historic historic Red Fort on India’s Republic Day marched out of the capital again on Wednesday, as a protester was killed and more than 300 police officers were injured after a turbulent day in their two-month tenure. . .
Protests demanding repeal of new agricultural laws have sparked protests that have rocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. On Tuesday, more than 10,000 tractors and thousands of people on foot or on horseback attempted to head toward the capital, removing barricades and buses blocking their way and were visited by police at the time using tear gas and water cannons.
A brief capture of the 17th century fort, the palace of the Mughal emperors, played live Indian news channels. Some people carrying orthodox swords, ropes and sticks were severely beaten by police. In a symbolic challenge to Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government, protesters attacking the Red Fort hoisted the Sikh religious flag.
“The situation is normal now. New Delhi Police Officer Anto Alphonse said on Wednesday morning that the protesters had left the streets of the capital.
Protesting farmers’ groups are due to meet later on Wednesday to discuss future action. Another march is planned on February 1, when the Modi government is scheduled to present its annual budget in Parliament.
The protest organizer, the United Peasants ‘Front, or United Peasants’ Front, accused the two groups of sabotaging by otherwise infiltrating the peaceful movement.
Opposition leader Yogendra Yadav said, “Even if it was a sabotage, we cannot escape responsibility.”
“There is frustration among the protesting farmers and if the government is not serious about what they have been demanding for two months, how can you control it,” Yadav said.
Several roads were closed again on Wednesday near the police headquarters and Kaughtan areas place after protests by some retired Delhi police officers demanding legal action against the protesting farmers for engaging in violence, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
Political analyst Aarti Jairath said Tuesday’s violence would put farmers’ organizations on their toes.
The apex court has all said that farmers can continue protesting without disturbing the life of New Delhi. With Tuesday’s development, the government should go to the apex court and say, “Look, this was definitely a fear of violence.” ”
Tuesday escalated the increased Republic Day celebrations, including the annual military parade, which had already been called off due to the coronavirus epidemic. Authorities shut down some metro train stations, and the government’s repeated tactics of thwarting protests led to the suspension of mobile internet service in some parts of the capital.
In November, many Sikhs from the states of Punjab and Haryana tried to march to New Delhi but were stopped by police. Then, due to the cold and incessant rains of winter, they have infiltrated the edge of the city and threatened to besiege it if farming laws are not repealed.
Political analyst Neeraja Chaudhary said the government failed to anticipate what was coming and did adequate preparation. “If the farmers are agitating in India as a whole, you cannot refute the protests as they are provoking the farmers.”
More than 300 policemen were injured in the clashes with farmers, police spokesperson Anil Kumar said. Some of them jumped into a dry deep dry gutter in the fort area to save their opponents, who increased their figure in several places.
Police said he died after a tractor palatayum an opposition, but farmers said that it was bullet. Many bloody opponents can be seen in the television footage.
Police said that farmers were allowed to separate ways down the opposition, “Violence and destruction of property” protesting. Eight buses and 17 private vehicles were damaged, police said, adding that four cases of vandalism were filed against protesters.
The government insists that the agriculture law passed by parliament in September will benefit farmers and increase production through private investment. But farmers fear it will turn to agricultural corporates and leave them behind. The government has offered to suspend the law for 18 months, but farmers want nothing more than a complete repeal.
Since returning to power for a second term, the Modi government has been rocked by a series of attacks. The epidemic sent India’s already crippling economy into its first recession, social tensions escalated and its government was questioned about its response to the coronavirus epidemic.
In 2019, witnessing the first major protests against his administration, a diverse coalition of groups rallied against the controversial new citizenship law, saying it discriminated against Muslims.
“The government on the national security front has failed. I think this government seems to be vague on the type of security challenges it has created for itself by excluding minority communities, Muslims and Sikhs, ”said political analyst Aarti Jairath.
India is predominantly Hindu while Muslims make up 1% of it and about 2% of its 1.4 billion people are Sikhs.
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