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Around 500 protesters stayed put at the UP Gate with more pouring in from western Uttar Pradesh in the night on the call of the BKU, an influential farmers' union in north India.

Nearly 400 policemen were injured during the tractor parade of the farmers who have been protesting against three central farm laws at Delhi's borders since November.

He said whoever is responsible for the violence on Tuesday should be acted against.

The Union Minister said that sometimes in a way it seems that these people who have been defeated in the elections are all gathering and trying to spoil the atmosphere in the country.

The 'Krishi Sakha' app is going to help us further interact with our farmers, understand their concerns, and offer them customised crop insurance solutions in order to solve their farming problems and challenges," said Sanjeev Srinivasan, MD and CEO, Bharti AXA General Insurance.

He was apprised by security personnel about the damage done to the structure and the ticket counters and how the protesters had barged into the monument on Tuesday.

Tens of thousands of farmers broke barriers to storm the national capital on Tuesday, their tractor parade to highlight their demands .

The actress took to Twitter to denounce the farmers, whom she labelled as "terrorists", and slammed people, including actors, for supporting them and actions, which she says led to widespread violence. 

The farmers swarmed the Red Fort and waved farmer union flags from its ramparts. They even hoisted farmer union flags as well as a pennant with a Sikh religious symbol from a flagpole.

Samkyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of protesting unions, has called a meeting later on Wednesday to discuss the violence that broke out during the farmers' tractor parade.

The rally near Manesar women's polytechnic college on NH-48 saw farmers from Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala carrying the Tricolour

Hospital's Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ritu Saxena, told IANS that eight policemen and 12 farmers are currently receiving treatment and a few of them have sustained serious injuries

Farmers' body condemned and regretted the "undesirable" and "unacceptable" events as the parade turned violent after several groups of farmers deviated from the pre-decided route

According to a Department of Telecom spokesperson, internet shutdown order has been invoked by the local law and order administration and not by the department.

Deviating from the designated route for the tractor parade, protesting farmers entered the Red Fort and hoisted flags from some domes of the iconic monument in the national capital.

The Delhi Police appealed to the protesting farmers to not take law in their hands and maintain peace.

The police also asked the farmers to head back to their pre-decided routes for the tractor parade.

Police used tear gas on groups of farmers and resorted to baton charge as protestors broke past barricades at different border points.

Groups of protesting farmers camping at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur border points of the national capital broke police barricades on Tuesday morning to force their way into the city.

The protesting unions has also announced a foot march to Parliament on February 1, when the annual Budget is presented.