2021 Indian farmers' Republic Day protest
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The 2021 Farmers' Republic Day protest was a protest on 26 January 2021 at Delhi.[3][4] Part of the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest, it turned violent when a group of protestors deviated from the parade to storm the Red Fort.[5] The protest took place on the 72nd Republic Day against the decision by Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to implement three farm acts.[6]
2021 Farmers' Republic Day Protest | |||
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2021 Farmers' Republic Day Protest In India Part of 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest | |||
Date | 26 January 2021 | ||
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Goals | Abolition of three farm acts | ||
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Casualties | |||
Death(s) | 1 protestor dead | ||
Injuries | 100+ 89 policemen injured[1] | ||
Arrested | 200 arrested[2] |
The decision to hold the parade with tractors and marching contingents in Delhi was announced on 2 January 2021 by the leadership of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha.[7][8] The date of 26 January 2021 was chosen, according to the SKM leaders, because it coincided with the two-month anniversary of the farmers' protest and because "the Republic Day represents the supremacy of the people".[9][10]
On 26 January, tens of thousands of the farmers protesting agricultural reforms drove a convoy of tractors, earlier than the allotted time, to start the tractor rally into New Delhi. The farmers drove on prohibited routes in long lines of tractors, riding horses or marching on foot. However, a section of the tractor rally turned violent as the protesting farmers clashed with the police. Some of the protesters deviated from their pre-sanctioned routes permitted by Delhi Police and breached the barricades.[3][11] Some protesters reached central Delhi and resorted to vandalism and damage to public property.[12] Other protestors reached the Red Fort and hoisted the Nishan Sahib (a Sikh religious flag) and farmer union flags on the mast on the rampart of the Red Fort.[13][14][15][16][17]
As of 28 January, the Delhi Police stated that it has filed various criminal cases over the incidents of violence and had arrested several people.[18] More than 300 police personnel were injured in the violence by protesters, who used batons and sharp weapons.[19] The violence and hoisting of a religious flag on the ramparts of the Red Fort led to the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) and the Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan withdrawing from the farmers' protest.[20][21]