From gathering at Jantar Mantar in 2017 to protest the killing of 5 farmers in Madhya Pradesh to agitating over 3 farm reform bills, farmers have made their way to Delhi to raise several demands in the last 6 years.
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(Bloomberg) Eric Foucault is driving his hulking green tractor more slowly than he can walk. Shouting into his mobile phone above the cacophony of engines and horns, the farmer from south of Paris is one of 200 others clogging up the highway into the French capital.Most Read from BloombergS&P 500 Rally Hits a Wall in Run-Up to CPI Report: Markets WrapTrump Asks Supreme Court to Keep DC Election Trial on HoldPentagon Chief Austin in Critical Care for Bladder IssueTrump Says There’s ‘No Way’ Ta
It all comes down to money in India, too, something which Modi is watching ahead of elections in spring. Farmer protests paralyzing much of Delhi in 2020 and 2021 forced the Indian premier to repeal agricultural market reforms. During campaigning this year, Modi has repeatedly included farmers as a group needing attention. Not all farmers are convinced.
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