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GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 63 RowdyRowdy Violence erupted in several parts of RepublicRepublic As many as Delhi after farmers’ tractor rally went 300 cops have off track with protestors entering the sustained injuries Red Fort to hoist their unions’ flags Multiple Union Home minister Amit Shah videos and CCTV held a high-level meeting where a footage being decision was taken to deploy scanned to additional forces in Delhi identify those involved: Official Punjab and Haryana under high alert with internet services spanned CHAUTALA DRIVES GREEN TRACTOR TO HARYANA ASSEMBLY 2 farmers’ groups BEFORE QUITTING walk out of protest post tractor rally AS THE NATION SAW IT Abhay Chautala drives a tractor. —FILE PHOTO New Delhi: Expressing long as the issue of MSP FARMERS HOIST FLAGS AT THE RED FORT DURING THE TRACTOR RALLY AMID Chandigarh: Abhay displeasure over the vio- guarantee stands but not Singh Chautala, the lence by farmers on Re- in this way. We have not THE 72ND REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATIONS, IN NEW DELHI ON TUESDAY. lone MLA from his public Day in the nation- come here for people to party Indian Na- al capital, two farmers be martyred or to get tional Lok Dal (INLD), unions, All India Kisan them beaten up. We can’t 25 FIRs, 19 ARRESTED FOR RIOTING resigned from the Sangharsh Coordina- support taking forward India won’t tolerate Haryana Assembly tion Committee and the movement with peo- on Wednesday, two Bharatiya Kisan Union ple who want to take it in weeks after announc- (Bhanu), on Wednesday another direction,” Sin- Tikait, Yogendra Yadav insult of national flag ing that he would quit announced that they are gh added, referring to if the centre did not disassociating them- Rakesh Tikait. “We have withdraw its contro- selves from the farmers come only to get a guar- among 10 leaders named at Red Fort: Centre versial agriculture protest against the three antee for MSP.” laws by Republic Day. farm laws. Security has been New Delhi: Delhi Po- New Delhi: The gov- he 57-year-old is a “We can’t carry for- tightened in several lice Commissioner SN ernment on Wednesday three-time MLA from ward a protest with places across the nation- Shrivastava on Wednes- denounced the unprec- the Ellenabad seat someone whose direc- al capital especially at day said the farmer edented violence at the and is from a party tion is something else. the Red Fort and farmer leaders were also in- farmers’ tractor rally that counts Turn to P6 So, I wish them the best protest sites, with the volved in the violence on Republic Day, saying, but All India Kisan deployment of addition- that broke out during “it can’t be condemned Sangharsh Coordina- al paramilitary forces the tractor rally on Re- enough”. In its first of- tion Committee are following the violence. public Day, adding that ficial reaction since the WHO IS DEEP withdrawing from this After two months of they will be questioned. widespread clashes, the SIDHU ACCUSED protest right away,” peaceful protests on Del- He also said at least 19 government also prom- OF PLANTING said VM Singh of AIK- hi’s borders and 11 persons have been ar- ised action against ‘NISHAN SAHIB’ SCC. Singh also blamed rounds of negotiations rested and 50 detained those responsible. AT LAL QILA farmers leader Rakesh with the central govern- on charges of rioting. “Action should be Tikait for the violence ment, the Republic Day The police have also against all of those who Deep Sidhu, on Tuesday. tractor parade spiralled filed 25 FIRs so far that instigated others. India a Punjabi “The farmers’ move- into chaos Tuesday. mention the names of won’t tolerate the man- Union Minister Prakash actor who ment will continue for as Turn to P6 at least 10 farm leaders, ner in which the Tricol- Javadekar addressing a gained including Yogendra Ya- our was insulted at the press conference in New prominence because dav and Rakesh Tikait. Red Fort,” said Union Delhi on Wednesday. of his role in fi lm star-turned-BJP MP FARMERS CANCEL MARCH TO The police will sum- Rakesh Tikait Yogendra Yadav minister Prakash Ja- Sunny Deol’s 2019 PARLIAMENT ON BUDGET DAY mon the farm leaders vadekar, apparently cit- cused Punjabi actor and Lok Sabha campaign in the coming days for from 12 noon to 5 PM age to identify the ac- ing the incident where activist Deep Sidhu of New Delhi: Farmer unions protesting against has been blamed by questioning. and accused them of cused. Strict action will protesters who managed tainting their anti-farm the new farm laws Wednesday called off their several farmer lead- Addressing a press betrayal. He said not a be taken against those law protest. He was al- proposed march to the Parliament on February to get inside the Red Fort ers for tainting their 1 in view of Republic Day violence. “On Martyrs’ conference, Delhi po- single life was lost as identified. No culprit hoisted a Sikh religious legedly responsible for protests against farm Day, we’ll hold public rallies across India on behalf lice commissioner S N the Delhi Police showed will be spared,” he said flag, or Nishan Sahib”, the farmer’s movement laws with the breach of the farmers’ agitation. We will also keep a one- Srivastava said farmer extreme restraint. He alleged that some on an empty mast. towards the Red Fort, of Red Fort. He is be- day fast. Our March to the Parliament on Feb 1st unions did not follow “We are using the fa- farmer leaders like Sat- The matter drew at- where they had climbed lieved to have played stands postponed for now due to this (yesterday’s conditions set for the cial recognition system nam Singh Pannu and tention to the man the the ramparts and a role in diverting the violence),” ANI quoted Balbir S Rajewal, Bhartiya tractor rally that was and taking the help of Darshan Pal gave in- farmers have blamed clashed with the police tractor rally from the Kisan Union (R), as saying. supposed to be held CCTV and video foot- flammatory speeches. for the violence. Several when they were asked agreed route. farmer leaders have ac- to leave. SOURAV GANGULY BACK TO SCHOOL TO RECEIVE ADDL STENT TODAY BCCI President Sourav In-person classes to resume on Feb 01 for Classes IX, XI Ganguly has been hospitalised again after tion officers will ensure keeping stock of sani- he complained of chest Coaching classes for X to that all students who tizer and using a ther- pain on Wednesday could not take admis- mal gun to test students’ morning, according XII also allowed to sion in the academic temperatures. to his family sources. year 2020-21 because of Chudasama also said He will undergo a reopen from Monday pandemic get the admis- the government will stenting procedure on sion at the earliest. soon make a decision on Thursday, Woodlands First India Bureau Wednesday, Education The process is to be the reopening of physi- hospital in Kolkata said Minister Bhupendras- completed by January cal classes for college on Wednesday. The Gandhinagar: The inh Chudasama said pri- 31, with no further ex- students. procedure will be done Gujarat government vate coaching classes for tensions since the time Hostel buildings by Dr Aftab Khan in the has decided to resume students of Classes IX to limit has been extended that were used as presence of renowned “physical” classes for XII could also reopen on thrice already. COVID-care centres cardiologist Dr Devi students of Classes IX Monday. However, they Coaching classes for will be disinfected Shetty, with Dr Saptar- and XII from Febru- would have to strictly candidates aspiring to thoroughly before any shi Basu and Dr Saroj ary 01. The decision abide by COVID-19 pro- take competitive exams students are allowed Mondal attending. comes 15 days after tocols. Schools will con- can also reopen, the to move back in—even Ganguly felt uneasi- the schools were reo- tinue to follow the edu- minister said, adding though these have ness last evening and pened for students of cation department on that owners and opera- been empty of pa- felt mild chest pain this Classes X and XII. January 08. tors of these classes are tients for a long time— morning after which he Making the cabinet Chudasama added expected to abide COV- the minister further was taken to hospital. announcement on that all district educa- Students of Classes X and XII went back to school earlier this month. —FILE PHOTO ID-19 SOPs—including said. NEWS www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021 02 GUJARAT OBSERVES R-DAY WITH PATRIOTIC SPIRIT Honouring the selfl ess service of COVID-19 warriors, a 1,551 feet-long tricolour fl ag was hoisted at Shree Khodaldham Temple at Kagvad by the Radhe Radhe family of Gandhinagar on Tuesday. This feat allowed the temple to become the fi rst in the world to hoist the longest national fl ag. Around 300 devotees carried the fl ag from the main entrance to the temple. The temple holds a Guinness World Record for the maximum number of people singing the national anthem during the Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel hoisted the tricolour in Marking the nation’s Republic Day, Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Vijay of the temple in Vadodara on Tuesday.