Over 300 Twitter handles generated from Pakistan to disrupt farmers' tractor rally: Delhi Police

Delhi Police on Sunday claimed that over 300 Twitter handles have been generated from Pakistan to disrupt the tractor rally proposed by protesting farmers on Republic DayDetailing the plan for the tractor parade Deependra Pathak Special Commissioner of Police Intelligence said the rally on Tuesday will be conducted amid tight security after the Republic Day celebrations concludeOver 300 twitter handles have been generated from Pakistan during January 13 to 18 to disrupt the tractor rally by farmers only by misleading people There are inputs about the same from different agencies too It will be a challenging task for us but the rally will be conducted amid tight security after the Republic Day parade is over Pathak said at a press conferenceSince November last year farmers mostly from Punjab and Haryana have been protesting against the Centres three new agriculture laws at several Delhi border points including Singhu Tikri and Ghazipur demanding that the legislations be repealedPathak said ldquoAs the farmers wanted to do a tractor rally on January 26 we have come to a conclusion that the rally will be conducted after the timing of the Republic Day Celebration ends We have given them around 170 kilometres of distance in three routesrdquoBarricades and other security arrangements will be removed and the farmers will enter the national capital Later they will return to their destinations after covering a respectable distance police saidldquoFor the Delhi Police it will be a challenging task We have spoken to Haryana and Uttar Pradesh Police officers about how it will be conducted in a convenient way The rally will be started after the time period of the Republic Day Celebration has endedrdquo he saidldquoWe will have the tractor rally on January 26 and there will be no disturbance of the Republic Day celebration and security arrangementsrdquo Pathak saidThe professional assessment of these routes has been done he saidThe expected number of tractors should be distributed in a way that the rally will be concluded in a peaceful and discipline way police said adding that adequate security will be provided to the rallyldquoThe rally will start from Singhu border and pass through Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar Kanjhawala Bawana Auchandi Borer KundlindashManesarndashPalwal expressway and will return to Singhu border It will cover a stretch of around 62 kilometres Pathak saidHe said the farmers with their tractors will start from Tikri border and pass via Nangloi Najafgarh Jharoda KundlindashManesarndashPalwal expressway and will head back to Tikri borderldquoThe rally from Ghazipur border will pass through Apsara Border Hapur Road KundlindashManesarndashPalwal expressway and concluded at Ghazipur Those farmers group will cover 46 kilometres of distancerdquo Pathak saidThe routes will cover over 100 kilometres of distance in the national capital police saidThe Sanyukt Kisan Morcha assured that they will go back to their respective places from where the rally started police saidAs of now there are approximately 12000 to 13000 tractors at various Delhi border points around 7000 to 8000 at Tikri around 5000 at Singhu and around 1000 at Ghazipur border police said adding that their number is expected to go further upWhile police tried to convince farmer leaders to hold their tractor parade outside the national capital they were adamant on holding the proposed rally on Delhis busy Outer Ring RoadEarlier there have been three rounds of meetings between the unions and police officers from Delhi Haryana and Uttar Pradesh but it was during the fourth round of talks over the tractor parade on Friday where both sides reached an agreementThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever