Ahead of 2022 UP election, farm laws and delayed payments reduce BJP’s popularity among sugarcane farmers
Ahead of the 2022 assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, farmers of the sugarcane belt in western UP are upset with the BJP government over the farm laws and delayed payments.
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Sugarcane farmers wait outside the government sugar mill in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh. (Photo: Abhishek Anand)
Ahead of the 2022 assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, farmers of the sugarcane belt in western Uttar Pradesh are upset with the BJP government over the three controversial farm laws and delayed payments.
India Today’s journalist spotted many farmers outside the government sugar mill in Baghpat area. They were waiting to sell their produce in the scorching heat with no shelter or access to clean water.
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