Angry Indian Farmers Are ‘Ready to Die’ in Showdown With Modi

[Disir]

As India’s virus numbers swell and the economy stumbles, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has another crisis to deal with: Tens of thousands of angry farmers vowing to camp outside the capital for months.



The farmers -- mostly from Punjab, often called India’s bread-basket -- want him to repeal three laws passed in September that allow them to sell crops directly to private firms instead of licensed middlemen at state-controlled markets. While Modi has said the laws will help them earn more cash, farmers fear those companies won’t give them minimum prices set by the government.

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Yep, and they are prepared to stay for six months. Perhaps they should go ahead and scrap them now.

 

[shoshi]

Does the law only allow them to or does it force them to? They are probably right for profit companies pay as little as possible.

 

[justinacolmena]

The farmers -- mostly from Punjab, often called India’s bread-basket -- want him to repeal three laws passed in September that allow them to sell crops directly to private firms instead of licensed middlemen at state-controlled markets. While Modi has said the laws will help them earn more cash, farmers fear those companies won’t give them minimum prices set by the government.

Nice.

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