United Nations: Amid violent clashes between farmers and police officials in India, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s spokesman said that in peaceful protests, It is necessary to respect freedom of gathering and non-violence.
Thousands of farmers took out the Tractor Parade in Delhi on Tuesday in favor of the demand of farmer organizations to withdraw the three new farm laws of the Center. During this period, protesters broke down police barricades and clashed with police, vandalized vehicles and placed a religious flag on the Red Fort.
The Delhi Police has so far registered 22 FIRs in connection with the violence during the tractor parade of farmers. More than 300 police personnel have been injured in the violence. “As we say in many such cases, I think that peaceful demonstrations, freedom to congregate and respect non-violence,” General Secretary Gutares spokesman Stephen Dujarric said at a daily press conference on the question of violence in New Delhi. Necessary.”
Thousands of farmers are protesting against the new agricultural laws of the central government on the borders of Delhi led by the United Kisan Morcha (SKM). SKM is the apex unit of 41 farmer organizations. The Kisan Morcha has disassociated itself from those who committed violence during the tractor parade, alleging that some “anti-social elements” entered the protest or else the protest was peaceful. The United Kisan Morcha has called a meeting later Wednesday afternoon to discuss the violence during the tractor parade of farmers in the national capital.
Significantly, since November 28 last year, thousands of farmers have been demanding the repeal of three new agricultural laws of the Center on the borders with Delhi and legal guarantee of minimum support prices on their crops. Most of these farmers are from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh.
