Khaps, not Khalistan: Inside the intensifying farmer protests of Haryana
Far beyond the Delhi border, Jat farmers are crowdfunding the protests against the Modi government’s farm laws. Jan 21, 2021 · 07:12 pm Dayanand Dalal sits with other members of the Dalal Khap that run a community kitchen along Rohtak bypass. | Vijayta Lalwani
“The whole of Haryana is up in arms,” exclaimed Parveen Sarsod. The 27-year-old farmer from Sarsod village in Hisar district has been camping at Tikri, on the border with Delhi, where thousands of farmers have amassed to register their dissent against the Narendra Modi government’s farm laws, which they believe will skew agricultural markets in favour of large corporations.