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Raksha Kumar

26 Jan, 23 tweets, 13 min read

Farmers leaders have told them to start the rally by singing the #NationalAnthem
#FarmersProtests #tractorParade

In #Mumbai, where farmers have filled #AzadMaidan, a senior woman farmer will hoist the flag.
#FarmersProtests
#tractorParade
#MumbaiWithFarmers

In #Bangalore, farmers who are protesting have food packets sponsored by transpersons organisations.
#FarmersProtests
#TractorRally

I am not sure if the algorithm is playing its trick or is everyone on Twitter behind #FarmersProtests

I had not seen such a #RepublicDay in my life. People first. Spotlight away from Lutyens. #NationalAnthem being sung in every street corner, with genuine pride. All of this, thanks to #FarmersProtest

After the parade on #Rajpath, everyone will go home. But, after the #tractorParade, please stay back and don't go to your villages - farmers unions say.
#RepublicDay

White collar professionals - doctors, lawyers, journalists block the #ludhiana highway, in support of the farmers?
High time urban India woke up.
#TractorParadeOn26Jan

I cannot begin to imagine the discomfort RSS-backed farmers organisation BKS is facing today. They are kind of between a rock and a hard place?
#FarmersProtests

@ndtv

I want to congratulate the anchor at @ndtv who cut the reporter short when he was interviewing a farmer who was giving away strategies they have devised to tackle water canons, if the need arose.
CC: @soniandtv @SreenivasanJain

Why are TV channels not showing the #FarmersProstests? #TractorParadeOn26Jan

"“On the 26th of January 1950, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In politics we will have equality and in social and economic life we will have inequality." - Dr Ambedkar 1/2

"In politics we will be recognizing the principle of one man one vote and one vote one value. In our social and economic life, we shall,continue to deny the principle of one man one value. How long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions?" - Dr Ambedkar 2/2

@ndtv

Now there is lathi charge at Singhu border? Well, if the TV channels had shown us the rallies....
@ndtv @IndiaToday

@DelhiPolice

While the TV channels were busy showing you the tableau march on Rajpath, @DelhiPolice lathi charged some farmers on the Singhu border and used water cannons against others near Akshardham.
#FarmersProstests #TractorParadeOn26Jan #FarmersTractorParade

Singhu border - lathi charge
water cannons - near Akshardham
tear gar - Ghazipur border.
TV news channels - look at how beautiful #Rajpath looks! Wah ji wah!
#FarmersProstests

Those of you who are questioning why the #farmers are "not peaceful" now, you should ask why were the farmers camping outside Delhi for so long in the first place? Why pass laws without consultation?
#FarmersProstests #TractorParadeOn26Jan

Come on! Are you seriously telling me Delhi Police did not see this coming? There are thousands of farmers camped outside Delhi for so long. They needed to be consulted before the govt passed laws that affect their lives. That's all. Whose ego is causing this violence?

Now #Maharashtra has refused to implement the farm laws. Close to 6000 farmers were protesting in Mumbai's Azad Maidan. They had come from at least four districts.
#FarmersProstests #TractorMarch

Unlike in Delhi, farmers were not stopped outside the city in #Mumbai, allowed to unfurl the flag in Azad Maidan, promised to not implement the central farm laws in the state. And... politicians share the stage with farmers.
indiatoday.in/india/story/fa…
#FarmersProtest

The farmers have reached #lalqila. This was certainly not the agreed upon route. Wonder if their leadership will now be taken seriously in negotiations? Or will this give the govt an opportunity to discredit them?
#FarmersProstests

@ndtv

Farmer just telling @ndtv that they were not to leave Delhi from the outskirts.
How else would they draw attention to themselves?

Have the farmers leaders lost credibility, unfortunately? Will they be taken seriously in negotiations? Also, have the farmers lost more followers than they would otherwise have?
#TractorRally #KisanAndolan #FarmersProstests

So, the Nihang flag was hoisted AROUND the tricolour on in the #RedFort not IN ITS PLACE!
Even in the videos, that much is clear.
#FarmersProstests #KisanAndolan

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