Punjab: CM Channi announced Rs 2 lakh compensation to the 83 people arrested for Republic Day tractor rally

News Desk: Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday announced to provide 2 lakh as compensation to 83 people arrested by Delhi Police for carrying out a tractor rally in the national capital on January 26.

“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″ 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.