Farmers’ siege of Delhi
The farmers have been agitating for 65 days peacefully on the borders of N.Delhi. The Government has been indulging in talks with the farmers unions to break the dead lock. On 26th of Jan.2021 they requested for permission to hold tractor rally. As per the Supreme Court’s directions to the Delhi police to handle the issue all by itself, the police granted permission for them to hold the rally and designated a route for them and also they were asked to hold their rally after 12 noon when the Republic Day Celebrations would have got over by that time.
But the farmers started their rally
before 12 noon and also they deviated from their designated route. They
indulged in violence. The Farmers outnumbered the police personnel and the
police were reduced to being spectators. Even though police regrouped and fired
tear gas shells, it could not quell the agitationists. They marched towards Red
fort and some of them climbed atop of the red fort and hoisted their flags. The
entire incident is condemnable. When such commotion was going on the streets of
N.Delhi none of the farmers’ leaders were there to quell this riot.
The Government has been warning that
some miscreants are trying to hijack the agitation. The Union leaders should
have anticipated such a scenario and should not have allowed their agitation to
get negated by some anti social elements.
The good thing is that the Union
Government has handled the situation well without unnecessarily indulging in
lathi charge.
It is hoped that sanity will prevail
and the farmers would return to the negotiating table and thrash out for an
amicable solution. Whatever may be they have lowered the prestige of the Nation
in the eyes of the world.
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