SCRIPTED VIOLENCE
Goons mobilised to engage in pitched battles with protesting farmers at Delhi border points
Tension prevailed on Delhi’s borders with the BJP mobilising people against the farmers agitating against the three contentious farm laws, with the police descending in the area in large numbers from Delhi as well as from the BJP-ruled Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
The farmer leaders, however, brought the situation under control on Friday after nearly two hours of pitched fights and police action.The agitating farmers, who were getting all-round support of the local residents on the border outposts, on Friday morning found themselves at the receiving end with attacks on them at Singhu and Tikri entry points.
The development came even as union leader Rakesh Tikait managed to unite the farmers at Ghazipur border, breathing a new life into the agitation, with thousands rushing for a "maha-panchayat" after a late night UP police attempt to break up their gatherings.