A meeting is underway between the Delhi Police and farmer unions in connectin with the proposed tractor rally by them on Republic Day, officials said. Joint Commissioner of Police, S S Yadav is coordinating the meeting, which is being held at Mantram Resort near the Singhu border, they said.

Another  meeting was held on Wednesday between the union leaders and officers of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana police at Vigyan Bhawan to discuss the route and arrangements of the proposed rally on January 26. On the other hand, the farmer unions had rejected a suggestion by the police officers to hold the rally on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway instead of Delhi's busy Outer Ring Road, sources said.

Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, have been agitating at several Delhi border points against the Centre's new agriculture laws for nearly two months. The unions representing the farmers have begun holding tractor rallies at villages in Punjab to mobilize people for the demonstration on Republic Day.

The farmers are strongly opposing the Farmers (Empowerment & Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2020; and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020.

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