After the Republic Day violence during the tractor march, farmers cancelled their foot march on the day of Union Budget, now Rashtriya Loktantrik Party will take out a tractor march in Rajasthan in support of the farmers protesting against the Farm Laws. Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal’s Rashtriya Loktantrik Party said that he and his supporters will take out a tractor rally in every district headquarters of Rajasthan in support of the farmers’ cause.
Beniwal, who quit the NDA over the farmers” issue in December, said the rally would be held peacefully for nearly two hours at all the district headquarters. “The rally will be a message to the Centre that the farmers’ issue cannot be suppressed. The rally will be held peacefully,” he said. In Jaipur, the rally will start from Mansarover metro station and will culminate at 14 number bypass.
The Republic day tractor rally was condemned by the Prime Minister but Rakesh Tikait who is currently leading the farmers’ protest said that those who incited violence during January 26 march did not belong to the farmers. Delhi police had booked 124 people till now while a young farmer died on the Republic day chaos when his tractor overturned while he tried to break the barricading placed by the Delhi police to control the situation.
Apart from political celebrities, entertainment and Sports celebrities have come out in support of the farmers after international Singer Rihanna took to Twitter and asked ‘Why are we not talking about this’?
This was followed by climate activist Greta Thunberg’s tweet who published a ‘toolkit’ for people who did not know what the protest is about and even listed ways to intensify the protest.
Delhi Police has lodged an FIR against a tweet by Greta Thunberg which mentions a “toolkit” having a global plan to garner support for ongoing farmers’ protest in India. As the tweet has been done by the Swedish climate change activist, Delhi Police informed that the FIR does not specifically mention any name.
“It Is only against the creators of the toolkit which is a matter of investigation and Delhi Police will be investigating that case,” Praveer Ranjan, Special Commissioner of Police (CP), Delhi Police informed media persons on Thursday.
