Farmers and Indian officials clashed at a protest site near New Delhi on Friday, and a police officer and protester were injured after tear gas was fired and stoned at the Singhu border.
The violence occurred after Delhi transport police closed the Singhu border, as well as other crossings, where farmers have been stationed for several months, as part of protests against agricultural law reforms which some farmers say will devastate their livelihoods.
With authorities restricting movement, counter-demonstrators against farmers and in favor of the police entered, threw stones and damaged the site which was at the center of the farmers’ protests. The police fired tear gas and loaded the crowd with batons.
Other clashes were reported in other protest venues including Tikri and Delhi-Uttar Pradesh, which saw a heavy police presence after the local administration backed the eviction of thousands of farmers.
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sir it’s your police …# 1ro local thugs entered the protest side, threw stones and if anyone comes to oppose such an act, his police will catch up with him and lathi will charge him … pic.twitter.com/X1WXULddxP
– Amandeep Singh Amandeep Mingh (@ singhaman1904) January 29, 2021
Protests have raged in India for several months after the government introduced agricultural reforms that farmers say will see them lose their right to minimum wages and risk having their industry exploited by big corporations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has dismissed criticism from farmers, saying the measures would increase their production by opening the market to private investment, as well as giving farmers more options on who to sell their produce to. . Regarding income issues, politicians said there was nothing to worry about as they are committed to guaranteeing the prices of certain crops. In an attempt to appease the protesters, the Modi administration also proposed to stop the introduction of the new rules for a period of up to 18 months, but the farmers backed down, calling for the permanent repeal.
DJB tankers were not allowed. Media vans were not allowed. How was this group claiming to be “locals” allowed to enter the Singhu border protest site with this vehicle? pic.twitter.com/hz4vMXliwc
– Arvind Gunasekar (@arvindgunasekar) January 29, 2021
The situation has been tense in the region since farmers breached police barricades and stormed Delhi’s historic Red Fort on Tuesday to coincide with the country’s Republic Day celebrations, in violation of the routes of previously agreed protest. In Tuesday’s clashes, a protester was killed and 80 police officers were injured.
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After the clashes, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia visited one of the protest sites at the Ghazipur border to meet with farmers and discuss their demands for water and other products. essentials, as well as to ask them to leave the site and switch to another. Location.
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