Will hold tractor parade towards Delhi on Jan 26 if demands not met: Farmer unions

  • 3 years ago
ardening their position ahead of the next round of talks with the government, protesting farmer unions on Saturday said they will take out a tractor parade towards Delhi on January 26, when the country will celebrate Republic Day, if their demands are not met

Addressing a press conference, the union leaders said time has come for "decisive" action as their demands have not been addressed by the government yet

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade at Rajpath on January 26

Farmer leader Darshan Pal Singh said their proposed parade will be called "Kisan Parade" and it will be be held after the Republic Day parade.

The next round of talks between the government and the protesting farmer unions is scheduled to be held on January 4. On Friday, the unions had announced that they would have to take firm steps if the meeting fails to resolve the deadlock.

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