Farmers protest

The arrested person has been identified as Dharmendra Singh Harman who was seen in a video footage at Red fort on January 26 when the violence broke out.The police are also ascertaining his role in the hoisting of a religious flag at the Red fort.

The meeting will be held under the banner of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha. "Leaders of all farmers' unions (approx 40-45) will take part in the meeting and discuss on various issues," said Pannu. The meeting will be held a day before a nationwide a 'Chakka Jam' for three hours on February 6.

Content with the hashtag "#ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide" was posted on Twitter, which, according to the government, was designed to "inflame passions" and "hatred". The notice issued by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MEITY) held that it motivated the campaign to abuse, inflame and create tension in society on "unsubstantiated" grounds.

A video of farmers' leaders falling as the stage caved in surfaced. The 'mahapanchayat', the first in the state, was organised at Kandela village sports stadium. It was organised by Haryana khap leaders to discuss the future of the ongoing farmers' protests.

In a series of tweets in Hindi, the BSP chief said: "The barricades along with barbed wires and iron nails etc on Delhi borders to spread panic among millions of agitating farmer families is not appropriate. It will be better if such action was taken on the country's borders."

The notices were issued on January 19 mostly to tractor-owning farmers in Sitapur on the "apprehension that they would violate law and order in light of farmers protest in the district". Last week, the high court had asked the state and district officials to explain "how and why poor farmers had been issued these notices".

"We will bring the bills again as the Constitution provides that if bills are passed twice by the Vidhan Sabha, they have to be sent by the Governor to the President," Amarinder Singh said, adding that the Governor should not have sat over the bills.

As a result of the "undue delay" by the Centre in resolving the crisis, not only the peaceful agitators and their families are suffering but several farmers and farm workers had lost their lives, causing irreparable damage to them and anguish among the people of the country," a resolution adopted at the meeting said.

A resolution passed by the legal department says, "Delegations of legal department from Punjab, Haryana and Delhi will be visiting farmer leaders at protest-sites at borders of Delhi to apprise them of legal services already taken to help farmers and journalists regarding relief and redressal."

The borders of the national capital have been completely sealed by the police with concrete walls and barbed wire.Tikait said he respects the law but this agitation will last till October this year.