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UPENG/2020/04393 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 75 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. DEVELOPMENT GOALS Yogi govt aims to further boost development work in next FY 2021-22 The government has been expecting its welfare programmes affected but even then immigrant workers Awasthi has already as economic activities the government would who came back to the undertaken exercise to buoyancy in revenue mobilisation by March in post-lockdown peri- ensure that on-going de- state during the prob- complete the project end to expand its welfare programmes od were largely expand- velopment programmes lem. The Chief Minis- well in time. While Bun- ed and the situation has were not affected in ter has now been mak- delkhand Expressway Anita Hada Minister last week had now almost come back next financial year. The ing efforts to provide project is also going on directed the ministers to on track, commented officers are also expect- job avenues to these at fast pace, work on Lucknow : With Chief complete the targets of an officer in Finance ing additional aid from people for which an am- Yogi’s dream project Minister Yogi Adity- current fiscal years by department. the central government bitious district-wise Ganga Expressway, con- anath deciding to con- March end. Yogi government had to meet the require- employment genera- necting Meerut with vene State Assembly Even as the govern- presented a Rs 5,12860.72 ments. Pandemic-in- tion programme has Prayagraj along holy Budget session from ment has been facing crore budget for FY duced crisis may how- been launched. Already river Ganga has also February 18, the officers financial constraints, 2020-21 on February 18, ever increase the fiscal there is target of pro- commenced. There was have launched hectic ex- efforts are being made 2020 with an increase of CM Yogi addressing a gathering after unfurling the Tricolour at deficit which was 2.97 viding four lakh jobs to a provision of Rs 2000 ercise to meet the aspi- to further mobilise the 13.5% (5,12,861 crore) offi cial residence on Tuesday. Also seen is BJP state chief SD Singh in FY 2020-21. the people in various crore in FY 2020-21 for rations of the BJP gov- resources to further over the previous year Yogi government had sectors my March end. this project. Sources ernment for the people boost Yogi’s people-ori- budget. While the gov- siderably checking the Official sources said not only brought lau- Prestigious Poorvan- said the Chief Minister in the fifth budget in the ented programmes. The ernment has boosted seepage of funds but here today that in view rels for effectively man- chal Express is likely to is likely to lay more run-up to the 2022 elec- government has been developmental activi- also stopping wasteful of almost year-long aging Covid-19 crisis by be completed before the stress on rural schemes tions. It would possibly expecting buoyancy in ties during the year, expenditure which had pandemic-lockdown minimising casualties, state goes to poll in Feb- to keep the farming be the last budget of pre- revenue mobilisation hawk-eyed Yogi has not been a hallmark of the crisis resource mobili- but also ensuring em- ruary-March 2022.