By Roy Landersen February 8, 2021
AP Photo/Altaf QadriFarmers’ tractor convoys converge on New Delhi, India, Jan. 26, demanding repeal of farm “reform” bill that would eliminate price supports and drive family farmers off the land.
NEW YORK Hundreds of thousands of farmers on thousands of tractors, on horseback or on foot streamed into India’s capital, New Delhi, Jan. 26. The action was part of their monthslong protests demanding the overturn of new farm laws enacted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that threaten their livelihoods.
The protest overshadowed the government’s Republic Day celebrations. And their show of strength was backed by solidarity actions elsewhere in India and around the world.