The RSS condemned the violence during the farmers’ tractor parade in Delhi on Tuesday and said that the “unfortunate act” at the Red Fort was an insult to those who lost their lives for the independence of India.
Departing from the planned path for the proposed tractor parade, a section of protesting farmers joined the Red Fort and lifted flags from some domes of the historic monument in the national capital.
The ruling BJP ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) appealed to all countrymen to rise above political and ideological disparities and to work for peace as a priority.
“The violence and disturbances unleashed in Delhi today, on the sacred Republic Day, are extremely painful and deplorable,” RSS general secretary Suresh Bhaiyyaji said in a statement.
Joshi described the raising of a flag other than the national flag at the Red Fort as an “unfortunate act” and said that “it is an insult to martyrs who have sacrificed their lives for freedom and national integrity.”
