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Ahead of tractor rally, police use tear gas, lathicharge at Singhu border


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Clashes broke out on the outskirts of Delhi at Singhu Border on Tuesday as police used tear gas to stop thousands of protesting farmers entering the city to hold a tractor rally in protest against the new agricultural laws on Republic Day.

Visuals showed protestors breaking police barricades as caravans of tractors lined up for the procession. The Delhi Police had given permission for the tractor rally on the condition that the farmers start only after the traditional parade by the armed forces on Rajpath.

Tight security arrangements were made in Capital, with some officials claiming the protests had been infiltrated by insurgent elements who would resort to violence if the farmers were allowed inside the city.

Farmers have been camping on the outskirts of the Capital for around two months in protest against the contentious farm laws which they say will hurt their livelihoods and help big companies. The government, which says the agriculture reforms will boost farmer incomes, has agreed to suspend the laws, but the farmers have said New Delhi must repeal them.


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