Courtsey : NDTV
Farmers Protest: Protesters were seen within the ramparts of the iconic Red Fort, trying to put up their yellow flags at the spot where Prime Ministers unfurl the national flag.
As protesting farmers breached barricades and changed their agreed route to enter central Delhi on Republic Day, dozens of tractors rolled into the Red Fort.
Protesters were seen within the ramparts of the iconic Mughal-built monument, trying to put up yellow Sikh religious flags.
The Red Fort complex was overrun with tractors and farmers holding flags within moments, with the police severely outnumbered. The farmers said they would not budge from the monument.
"Everybody come to Red Fort," shouted the farmers triumphantly against the backdrop of music blaring from tractors
Farmers clashing with the police at the ITO intersection a few km away stopped and headed to the Red Fort, as did thousands from several parts of Delhi.
Soon, security and police personnel arrived to secure the Red Fort.
The farmers agreed to leave the Red Fort, saying they wanted to send a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that message had been delivered.
However, even as security personnel removed protesters from the Red Fort, violence erupted again and there was a police lathi charge.
