‘Violence is never ever the answer’: Sportstars enchantment for calm amid farmers protest in New Delhi

Tens of hundreds of protesting farmers drove lengthy traces of tractors into India’s capital on Tuesday, breaking via police barricades, defying tear gasoline and storming the historic Red Fort because the nation celebrated Republic Day.
They waved farm union flags from the ramparts of the fort, the place prime ministers yearly hoist the nationwide flag to mark the nation’s independence.
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Thousands extra farmers marched on foot or rode on horseback whereas shouting slogans towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At some locations, they have been showered with flower petals by residents who recorded the unprecedented rally on their telephones.
Leaders of the farmers stated greater than 10,000 tractors joined the protest.
Riot police fired tear gasoline and water cannons at quite a few locations to push again the rows upon rows of tractors, which shoved apart concrete and metal barricades. Authorities blocked roads with giant vans and buses in an try and cease the farmers from reaching the middle of the capital.
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Violence isn’t ever the reply!! Never Ever.
— Heena SIDHU (@HeenaSidhu10) January 26, 2021

Violence and vandalism will lead us nowhere. I urge everybody to keep up peace & honour agreements. Today is just not the day for such chaos!
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) January 26, 2021

Watch this. Happy republic day.
India’s enormous farmer protests, defined https://t.co/anhr3402Wb through @YouTube
— Somdev Devvarman (@SomdevD) January 26, 2021

Jai Kisan 🇮🇳
— Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) January 26, 2021
The tractor rally overshadowed the Republic Day celebrations, which have been scaled again due to the coronavirus pandemic.