& ' 4 5 6 7 7 7 VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"$#$%T utqBVQWBuxy( ./!#.$567 ()*(* + ,(-. / )(-0 12 5 # +,5.+,,$; ..;-1$;53;$,)1, 5'<,$ ,./0.1)'+;- </;5.</1<+,$-3 <,-3&;#)/0+ ;*3>-/0,/;1$,;5' 0+#03$,$ 3+)/030513 )/+0 3/ ,/31+ /&,3<=0%&- 8.) 4+..( 9 8 $ , ) 1% %8% % 8 91:9:;%: !" %&& +,-,./0 to resist the locals. However, they were large group of men claim- promptly stopped by farmer Aing to be local residents union volunteers which helped clashed with protesting farm- the situation from turning ugly. ers at Singhu border on Friday, “They are not locals, but triggering chaos resulting in the hired goons. They were throw- Delhi Police resorting to firing ing stones, petrol bombs at us. tear gas shells and baton charge They attempted to burn down to break up warring groups. our trolleys also. We are here to The protesters hurled resist them. We won’t leave the stones at each other at the site. place,” said Harkirat Mann Delhi Police SHO (Alipur) Beniwal, 21, from Punjab’s Pradeep Paliwal sustained Khana district. severe injuries in the violence Thousands of protesting after a man attacked him with farmers had clashed with the a sword, an official said, adding police during the tractor rally that several other protesters called by farmer unions on and policemen sustained January 26 to highlight their injuries during the clashes. demand for repeal of the Police said they have arrested Centre’s three farm laws. Many accused Ranveer Singh, a res- of the protesters, driving trac- ident of Punjab, who attacked tors, reached the Red Fort and the SHO. entered the monument. “SHO Alipur, Delhi, inter- Some protesters even hoist- vened between rioting pro- ed a religious flag and a kisan testers (MKSC faction) and ! union flag on its domes and the local Singhu villagers, who had # $ ( # flagstaff at the ramparts, where ! # $ &' gone to register their protest the national flag is unfurled by against the happenings on Republic Day. while raising slogans against is barred for entry from out- the Prime Minister on +,-,./0 Republic Day-2021 and con- Armed with sticks, the them. side, came out in large numbers Independence Day. tinued loss of ordinary liveli- group of locals reached the site The protesters at the mid boycott by the hood for over two months,” the and asked the farmers to leave Singhu border, much of which AOpposition of his address Delhi Police said in a tweet. & ! ! to the joint session of In another tweet, police Parliament, President Ram said, “This is how the SHO was Nath Kovind on Friday LAC” and that the Government farm reform laws, the President assaulted; he has suffered griev- !! & announced that the was “committed and alert” said 10 crore small farmers ous injuries on his hand. Peace Government would respect the towards protecting the country were immediate beneficiaries of has been restored. Legal action Supreme Court’s decision to and the Army was prepared. reform laws. is being initiated.” suspend three farm reform He said that in June 2020, “The biggest benefit of The group claiming to be laws and claimed that the laws 20 of our soldiers made their these agricultural reforms also locals demanded that the farm- have “given new rights” to the supreme sacrifice in the started getting to more than 10 ers vacate the Singhu border, farmers. Galwan Valley to protect the crore small farmers immedi- one of the main protest sites He regretted violence and motherland. “Every country- ately. Many political parties around the Capital, alleging %&& +,-,./0 that had reduced to 500 on “disrespect to tricolour” on man is grateful to these mar- had given full support to these that the protesting farmers had Thursday night has now again the Republic Day saying right tyrs,” the President said. reforms from time to time “insulted” the national flag hazipur border on Friday increased with around 1,000 to freedom of expression goes In his address, he also only after realising these ben- during their tractor parade on Gwitnessed a surge of crowd farmers joining the stir. hand in hand with the talked about a new beginning efits to small farmers,” he said. as around 1,000 farmers from Flanked by supporters, Constitutional duty to follow in Jammu & Kashmir saying The President further said western Uttar Pradesh joined Tikait remained at the cen- the rule of law. the Union Territories con- “at present, the implementation '$( )*+, the Bharatiya Kisan Union trestage of the protest site on As many as 16 Opposition ducted local bodies polls, first of these laws has been post- ,./0!/+,1,$ (BKU) members who have the Delhi-Meerut Expressway, parties, including the Congress since independence, and J&K poned by the country’s highest stayed put on at the UP Gate to which has been barricaded * & and its allies, Left parties, the is “moving towards a new free- court. My government will /2/+#3,0+(//3(/ demand the repeal of agri laws. from both sides, prohibiting !! $ , & ! Trinamool Congress as well as dom”. respect and follow the Supreme Notwithstanding the regular traffic movement. ! P ! &' the AAP, the SAD and the BSP In the middle of President’s Court’s decision in full respect.” Chandigarh: Actor-turned- Ghaziabad administration’s However, extra security boycotted the address, protest- address, Rashtriya Loktantrik Referring to the violence activist Deep Sidhu, who has ultimatum to the protesters to forces deployed at the protest *12##3+ 3 A day after BKU leader ing Government’s handling of Party (RLP) MP Hanuman on January 26, during “tractor been booked in connection vacate the UP Gate protest site have been sent back. Rakesh Tikait broke down at farmers’ protest. Beniwal showed a placard and rally”, Kovind said the “insult” with the religious flag inci- site, more farmers from west- Several farmers from parts ens of thousands of farm- Ghazipur and tension spi- Reading the customary raised slogans, demanding the to tricolour on the “holy day” dent at Red Fort, has said he ern Uttar Pradesh districts of Haryana have also decided Ters gathered in ralled amid fears that the Government statement in the repeal of the three agriculture of Republic Day “is very unfor- needs some time to bring out such as Meerut, Baghpat, to move towards Delhi borders Muzaffarnagar town on farmers who had been camp- joint session of Parliament, laws. SAD party president tunate.” the truth and will then join Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar, to join the ongoing agitation Friday to attend a mahapan- ing there for two months marking the beginning of the Sukhbir Singh Badal along He said, “The Constitution the investigation. The 36- Moradabad and Bulandshahr against agri laws and held chayat in support of the would be forcibly removed by Budget Session, the President with other party members held which gives us the right to free- year-old Sidhu is in the eye of reached the UP Gate early protests against lookout notices Bharatiya Kisan Union-led the local administration, all spoke about border escalation placards on the Parliament dom of expression, the same a storm for being among the morning to join the stir fol- to peasant leaders and the protest against the Centre’s roads in western Uttar along Line of Actual Control premises. Constitution teaches us that law protesters who put up a reli- lowing an emotional appeal by Ghaziabad administration’s new farm laws in Ghazipur Pradesh it seemed led to (LAC) saying “additional forces Against the backdrop of and rule should be followed gious flag atop the Red Fort BKU leader Rakesh Tikait. ultimatum to vacate protest site. on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Muzaffarnagar. have also been deployed to pro- the farmers’ agitation for the equally seriously.” on Republic Day. The crowd of protesters Continued on Page 2 border. Continued on Page 2 tect India’s sovereignty over the complete roll-back of three Continued on Page 2 $ $ # //0 1 2 3 % ! and the US ranked among the and comparable data on coro- +,-,./0 Amid farmers’ protests enable the creation of “One in economic activities as the . bottom. navirus managed the pandem- which entered the 64 days over India, One market” and offer rollout of COVID-19 vaccines & Overall, countries in the ic to date following their hun- ndia’s economy is set to wit- the farm laws, the Economic more opportunities to farmers. gathers traction,” the survey Asia-Pacific did a better job at dredth case. Iness a V-shaped recovery as Survey termed the three agri- At the same time, services, said. +,-,./0 controlling the pandemic while The report has come at a the country’s growth engine is cultural reform laws as a “rem- manufacturing and construc- The growth will further be Europe and the US were time when India’s latest tally of back on track after a coron- edy”, building a case for its tion were most hit by the lock- supported by supply-side push ndia has scored near the “quickly overwhelmed.” China the coronavirus disease (Covid- avirus-led slowdown, the Pre- acceptance among the farm down that was imposed to from reforms and easing of reg- Ibottom of a Covid-19 per- was excluded from the list as 19) is 10,720,048 as on Friday. Budget Economic Survey said community that has strongly curb the outbreak of the Covid- ulations, push for infrastruc- formance index where almost the Lowy Institute cited a lack The number of recoveries from on Friday. opposed it. 19 pandemic. tural investments, boost to 100 countries were profiled of credible public data. the disease is closing in on the The economy may see an According to the survey, “After an estimated 7.7 per manufacturing sector through for their response to the pan- An independent think tank 1.04 crore mark, as 20,746 new 11 per cent growth in the next the agricultural reforms would cent pandemic-driven con- the Productivity Linked demic that has swept the world.