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New Delhi, India – Leaders of Indian farmers’ unions have held a day-long hunger strike to put pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to repeal a set of new farm laws passed recently.
Farmer leaders across India began their hunger strike at 8am (02:30 GMT) on Monday and ended it at 5pm (11:30GMT), as farmers intensified their agitation for the 19th day.
The new laws seek to deregulate India’s enormous agriculture sector by allowing farmers to sell their produce to private buyers beyond government-run wholesale markets, where farmers are assured a minimum price for their crops.
But the farmers say the laws threaten their livelihoods and will only benefit big corporations, leaving growers at the mercy of a free market.
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