China News Service, January 27. According to "Central News Agency" reports, on the 26th local time, farmer groups protesting the three new farm bills in India marched in New Delhi with the permission of the police. However, the march eventually turned into violent clashes and many farmers were even more involved. Rush into the historic Red Fort.
The incident eventually resulted in the death of at least one demonstrator, and the police injured many others.
According to reports, with the permission of the police, farmers drove tractors into New Delhi on the morning of the 26th local time.
However, some demonstrators ran into the police at the three borders of New Delhi, entered New Delhi early and tried to enter the city center, and some demonstrators even broke into the Red Fort.
Some demonstrators clashed with the police, snatched their police shields, and hung protest flags at the national landmark monument; the police also fired tear gas to drive off these demonstrators, and broadcasted a request for the demonstrators who broke into the Red Fort to leave, calling on the demonstrators Returning to the original parade route, the scene fell into chaos.
The "India Express" pointed out that in the subway station near the Red Fort, a demonstrator driving a tractor died after his tractor overturned, and many police officers in the Red Fort area were injured as a result of clashes with the demonstrators.
However, the violent actions of some demonstrators have not been recognized by the farmers' groups participating in the protest against the "Three Agricultural Laws."
The leader of the Farmers United Front, composed of 40 farmer organizations, told the media that farmers under the Farmers’ Front all followed the planned route and no one left the planned route to the outer ring road. “We condemn violence against farmers and call on everyone to protect it. peace".
The 2020 Agricultural Product Trade Promotion and Facilitation Act, the 2020 Price Guarantee and Agricultural Service Contract Act, and the 2020 Necessities Amendment Act passed by the Indian Central Government in the National Assembly in September 2020 are called the "Three Agricultural Laws."
The purpose of the "Three Agricultural Laws" is to lift farmers who were previously restricted from trading agricultural products with the agricultural market committees designated by the provincial and municipal governments; farmers can directly trade with buyers under the new law, and are exempt from handling fees and taxes.
However, opponents led by farmer groups in Punjab and Hayana, the major agricultural provinces of India, believe that the "Three Agricultural Laws" will deprive farmers of the guaranteed purchase price of agricultural products provided by the government; and after the intervention of large enterprises, the interests of small farmers will be affected. The squeeze led to the launch of demonstrations and gathered on the border of the capital New Delhi on November 26, 2020, occupying important roads and camping to protest, demanding the abolition of the "Three Agricultural Laws."