Apart from having passed resolutions in the state assembly against the Centre’s three agricultural laws, the Punjab government on Friday, 12 November, announced that they will give Rs 2 lakh compensation to 83 farmers who were arrested by Delhi Police for carrying out a tractor rally in the national capital on 26 January this year.
“Reiterating my government’s stand to support the ongoing Farmers’ Protest against three black farm laws, we have decided to give ₹2 lakh compensation to 83 people arrested by Delhi Police for carrying out a tractor rally in the national capital on January 26,” Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi tweeted.
On January 26, protesters broke barricades to enter New Delhi and clashed with police in several parts of the national capital during the January 26 ‘tractor rally’ protest organised by farmers.
The protestors also had entered the iconic Mughal era monument Red Fort and unfurled their flags from its ramparts.
