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Police try to clear protesters from Delhi fort

(26 Jan 2021) Tens of thousands of protesting farmers drove their tractors into India's capital on Tuesday, breaking through police barricades, defying tear gas and storming the historic Red Fort as the nation celebrated Republic Day. They waved farm union and religious flags from the ramparts of the fort, where prime ministers annually host the national flag to mark the country's independence. Police said one protester died after his tractor overturned, but farmers said he was shot. Leaders of the farmers said more than 10,000 tractors joined the protest. The standoff between protesters and police continues. For nearly two months, farmers — many of them Sikhs from Punjab and Haryana states — have camped at the edge of the capital, blockading highways connecting it with the country's north in a rebellion that has rattled the government. They are demanding the withdrawal of new laws which they say will commercialise agriculture and devastate farmers' earnings. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...