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.

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

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.

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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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