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Just in: #Farmers break through barricades at #Tikri border to begin the tractor rally ahead of the time agreed upon with the #police

- Reports Ashok Kumar

SKM leader Baldev Singh said that efforts were being made to convince the #farmers to show restraint and adhere to the #police instructions.

All-India Kisan Sabha finance secretary P Krishna Prasad condemned the #farmers action saying that they must adhere to the plan agreed upon with the #Delhi police

- Reports Ashok Kumar

Samyukt Kisan Morcha leader Yogendra Yadav claimed that the #farmers group breaking through the barricades at #Singhu border not part of the joint coalition of farmer unions spearheading the protests

- Ashok Kumar reports

"Singhu, Ghazipur & Tikri parades have started peacefully. Shahjahanpur is yet to start & barricades are being removed. There is still some confusion being resolved with regard to Palwal route," says one of the SKM leaders Kavitha Kuruganti.
- via @prisjebaraj
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@prisjebaraj Live updates | Delhi metro shuts entry to eleven green line stations in view of #tractorParade.

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@prisjebaraj Live | At Delhi's Mukarba Chowk, security personnel used tear gas on groups of farmers as they tried to break barricades and cemented barriers with tractors at Delhi's Mukarba Chowk.
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@prisjebaraj An official said that police personnel used tear gas on groups of farmers coming from the Singhu border point to disperse them after they tried to hold their march on Outer Ring Road.
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Video: @saurabh3vedi
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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi Live updates | The first round of violence begun at 12.30 pm when a large group of farmers in tractors, cars and two wheelers broke the police barrier placed under ITO flyover on Ring Road bit.ly/3orod1D

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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu Police used #teargas and baton to chase away farmers. Violence is continuing at ITO with rounds of tear gas fired by police.
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Image shows an injured policeman. - By @saurabh3vedi

@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu Heavy security deployed to stop the farmers near ITO in New Delhi.
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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu LIVE | A man is reported to have climbed a flagstaff at the #RedFort and hoisted a flag. On the protesting farmers entering Red Fort, an ASI official said "only Delhi Police and CISF can comment".
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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu Many farmers who had reached #RedFort in the morning have started descending back to Ghazipur border where they were earlier stationed. "We had reached Lal Quila in the morning, now we are heading back to Ghazipur," said a farmer.
-via @RockySoibam

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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam Live | The #RedFort is a symbol of the dignity of our democracy. The protesters should have stayed away from it: Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel bit.ly/3iNCZym

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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam Live updates | Delhi Police resort to another round of firing tear gas shells at Nangloi to prevent the farmers from marching towards Peeragarhi.
- @berwaltweets reports.
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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam @berwaltweets #FarmersProtests | Over 1.5 km road leading to ITO here from Indraprastha Metro Station choked with tractors filled with farmers.
- @RockySoibam reports.

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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam @berwaltweets #FarmersProtests | As per government instructions #internet services have been stopped in many areas of Delhi-NCR till further notice.
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- @saurabh3vedi
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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam @berwaltweets Live | Samyukt Kisan Morcha has condemned the "undesirable and unacceptable events" that took place today and disassociated itself from "from all such elements that have violated our discipline."
-via @prisjebaraj
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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam @berwaltweets #FarmersProtests | A tractor turned turtle at Minto Road and the tractor driver is reported dead. bit.ly/3orod1D

Photo: Sandeep Saxena

@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam @berwaltweets #FarmersProtests | The protesters reached ITO crossing and damaged the Delhi Transport Corporation bus placed to stop tractors.
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- @saurabh3vedi reports.

@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam @berwaltweets #FarmersProtests | Deviating from the designated route for the proposed tractor parade, a section of protesting farmers entered the #RedFort and hoisted flags from some domes of the iconic monument in the national capital.

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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam @berwaltweets " #Violence is not a solution to any problem. If anyone is injured, it is the nation that bears the damage. In the interest of the nation, the farm laws should be taken back," #RahulGandhi reacts : thehindu.com/news/cities/De…
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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam @berwaltweets #FarmersProtests | The long struggle for more than 6 months now, and more than 60 days of protest at Delhi borders also have led to this situation: Samyukta Kisan Morcha issues statement bit.ly/3orod1D

Video by @ShivKumarPushp1 shows police using #teargas in Nangloi.

@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam @berwaltweets @ShivKumarPushp1 #FarmersProtests | Body of a dead farmer is draped in tricolour and kept at the ITO crossing, not allowing the police to send it for post-mortem. People have surrounded the area where the body of the deceased is kept.
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-via @RockySoibam

@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam @berwaltweets @ShivKumarPushp1 #FarmersProtests | The farmers completely break the barricades at Nangloi to move towards in Peeragarhi in large numbers in tractors. Scores of tractors from Nangloi now headed towards Peeragarhi Chowk.
- @berwaltweets reports.
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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam @berwaltweets @ShivKumarPushp1 #FarmersProtests | We strongly condemn the violence seen in today's protest. It is regrettable that the Central govt allowed the situation to deteriorate to such an extent: Aam Admi Party
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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam @berwaltweets @ShivKumarPushp1 #FarmersProtests | The movement has been peaceful for the last two months. Farmer leaders have said that those who indulged in violence today were not part of the movement and were external elements: Aam Aadmi Party
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@prisjebaraj @saurabh3vedi @rvmoorthyhindu @RockySoibam @berwaltweets @ShivKumarPushp1 #FarmersProtests | The deceased has been identified as Ranveet Singh. Protesters have requested police to call an ambulance to ITO. They want to take the body to the deceased's native place in Bilaspur (Uttar Pradesh).
- @saurabh3vedi

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#FarmersProtests | The deceased identified as Ranveet Singh, 25, was the only child of his parents. He returned to India from Australia around two years ago. He was survived by his wife and parents.
- @saurabh3vedi
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#FarmersProtests | Deceased farmer's body is being taken away in the back of a pickup truck. Photo: @RockySoibam
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#FarmersProtests | Commuters on the way to New Delhi Railway Station were forced to walk since all roads to ITO are blocked.
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@saurabh3vedi Just in | The police park Delhi Transport Corporation buses at Peeragarhi Chowk to block the tractors from marching ahead.
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@saurabh3vedi CCTV of an accident on Minto Road.
Footage from Delhi Police accessed by @saurabh3vedi
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