Chandigarh: A number of retired defence officers today urged the farmers agitating against the three farm laws not to disrupt any Republic Day functions on January 26. The officers, led by Lieut Gen DP Vats and Lieut Gen Vishnu Kant Chaturvedi, were reacting to news reports that the agitating farmers were planning to disrupt Republic Day functions to be addressed by the state government functionaries. They asserted that since the Republic Day celebrations symbolised valour and honour of the armed forces, the farmers should desist from disrupting the function. tns