MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Tens of thousands of Indian farmers on Sunday intensifiedtheir protests against three new agricultural laws aimed at overhaulingfood grain procurement and pricing rules by allowing private companiesdirect access to the vast agrarian sector.
Angry farmers staged demonstrations near New Delhi after rejecting PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’s assurances that the laws would double farmers’income.
Six rounds of talks between government officials and farmer union leadershave failed to resolve the challenge faced by Modi’s government.
“Hundreds of farmers will launch a tractor trolley march to New Delhi tovoice our grievances against the new laws,” said Kamal Preet Singh Pannu, aleader of Sanyukta Kisan Andolan (United Farmers’ Protest), one of 30groups against the laws.
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“Government wants to discredit and crush our movement, but we will continueto protest peacefully,” Pannu said.
