India’s farmers won’t stop protesting until Modi’s unfair agricultural reforms are repealed
Narayan Gaikwad, 73, a farmer from rural Maharashtra has sent 250 postcards to Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling on him to repeal the three farm bills passed hastily in September 2020.
(Sanket Jain
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Narayan Gaikwad, 73, a farmer from rural Maharashtra has sent 250 postcards to Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling on him to repeal the three farm bills passed hastily in September 2020.
(Sanket Jain
)
Narayan Gaikwad has sent 250 postcards to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and intends to send 300 more. Written meticulously, he wants to draw attention to the massive agrarian crisis that has been taking place in India for decades while calling for the repeal of three agriculture-related reforms hastily passed by the Indian Parliament in September 2020.
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, January 26
The farmers tractor parade went out of control on Tuesday as unruly protesters broke barricades across borders and inside Delhi to march into the capital&r
Farmers also marched on foot in large numbers holding flags of different unions and raising slogans.
Some were seen riding motorcycles and horses.
People also perched atop their tractors and raised slogans and sang revolutionary songs.
Locals were also seen distributing food and water bottles to the protesting farmers who were part of the march.
A senior police officer who was at the spot said that a group of farmers entered the national capital after breaking the barricades. As per agreement, they were supposed to start their parade at the time specified but they forcefully entered Delhi and are currently peacefully sitting at Mukarba Chowk.