With regard to Tanya Dutta s report
Canada s Trudeau backs farmer protest in India (December 2): farmers of North India, particularly the states of Punjab and Haryana, are fiercely proud of their heritage and contributions. Every Punjabi family has a member in the armed forces. Punjab and Haryana are the granaries of India, growing wheat, rice, maize, sugar cane, etc.
The farmers from these states have laid siege to India’s capital Delhi to protest against new laws. These laws allow corporations to play a role in procuring food grain directly from farmers.
So far, farmers have sold their produce through wholesale markets that were state sponsored and the farmers were assured a minimum support price. The new laws were passed without discussions in the Indian Parliament.