Tractor rally around Delhi put off due to bad weather
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Tractor rally around Delhi put off due to bad weather
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Protesting farmer unions have decided to postpone their tractor rally on the outskirts of Delhi to January 7, when thousands will march along the eastern and western expressways surrounding the capital. The rally was initially scheduled to be held on Wednesday, but has been deferred due to a poor weather forecast. Delhi has been lashed with rain several times over the last few days. “The tractor rally will take place in all the four corners of Delhi. This will be the trailer for the tractor parade planned for Republic Day within Delhi,” said Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav, addressing a press conference after consultations between the Punjab farm unions and the wider coordination team of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha. He explained that the rally, beginning at 11 a.m, would touch all the major protest sites, at Singhu, Tikri, Shahjahanpur, Palwal and Ghazipur. Every village will send at least ten tractor trollies for the parallel tractor parade in the capital on January 26, said Joginder Nain, who heads a faction of the Bharatiya Kisan Union in Haryana. He called on every farming family to send a member of their household for the parade.
Publisher
The Hindu
Date
2021-01-06
Coverage
New Delhi