New Delhi:
The authorities as we speak denounced the unprecedented violence on the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day, saying, “it can’t be condemned enough”. In its first official response for the reason that widespread clashes, the federal government additionally promised motion in opposition to these accountable.
“Action should be against all of those who instigated others. India won’t tolerate the manner in which the Tricolour was insulted at the Red Fort,” mentioned Union minister Prakash Javadekar, apparently citing the incident the place protesters who managed to get contained in the Red Fort hoisted a Sikh non secular flag, or Nishan Sahib”, on an empty mast.
The matter drew attention to the man the farmers have blamed for the violence. Several farmer leaders have accused Punjabi actor and activist Deep Sidhu of tainting their anti-farm law protest. He was allegedly responsible for the farmer’s movement towards the Red Fort, where they had climbed the ramparts and clashed with the police when they were asked to leave.
In a Facebook submit, Deep Sidhu has defended the planting of a “Nishan Sahib” or Sikh non secular flag on the iconic monument.
