Farmers Announce March To Parliament On February 1, Union Budget day
Mumbai: The protesting farmers will hold their tractor rally on 26 January but will not enter Hay Middle and it will start only after the official Republic Day parade ends. The farmers will enter the national capital from three border points Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh Gate).
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Meanwhile, Farmer unions opposed the three agricultural laws of the Centre near Delhi on Monday, stating that they would march towards Parliament on 1 February, the day of the presentation of the Union Budget.
“Farmers will march towards Parliament from different locations on Budget day on February 1,” said farmer leader Darshan Pal.
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Meanwhile, the Delhi Police and the farmers agreed on three routes for the Republic Day tractor rally. The details of the routes are not yet clear. Police said on Sunday that the tractors would be allowed through some designated entry and exit points in the city, but only after the traditional military parade.
Thousands of farmers been protesting at several border points of Delhi against The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020.
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