Farmers hold tractor rally, say it’s ‘rehearsal’ for Jan 26 (Roundup)

New Delhi, Jan 7 : A day ahead of the next round of talks with the Union government, thousands of farmers protesting on the Delhi borders organised a ‘tractor march’ on Thursday amid tight security, describing the event as a “rehearsal” for a similar roadshow proposed on January 26 to oppose the three new Central farm laws.
The farmers are also giving training to women to drive tractors in several districts of Haryana and also to the women participating in the agitation at the Delhi-Haryana Singhu border, who are set to join the tractor parade on Republic Day.
The march comprising both men and women sitting on hundreds of tractors was flagged off from the Singhu and Tikri entry points on the Delhi-Haryana borders and Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border at 11 am.
Police were deployed on the Uttar Pradesh and Haryana borders with Delhi to accompany the farmers during the march.
The sloganeering farmers drove their tractors towards Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways while demanding the three farm laws be repealed, warning to intensify their protest if the government doesn’t agree to their demands.
A few farmers even performed stunts and danced to songs played on the music systems installed on their tractors on the Eastern Peripheral Highway, where they sat to eat ‘langar’ in the afternoon.