South Asian organizations explain students connections to Punjab, how issue impacts all UW students
courtesy of ISA
As farmers protest in India against harmful farming policies, University of Wisconsin South Asian student organizations across campus have banded together to raise awareness and funds.
Farmers across India have been protesting three agricultural laws passed in late September under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration. The Bharatiya Janata Party, the majority party in the Indian Parliament, believes the new laws will not hurt farmers, according to the BBC.
Unconvinced, people across India have been protesting in their local states since the legislation passed. In late November, thousands of protesters took to the streets in India’s capital in Delhi, blocking major commuter paths and roads in and around the city.