Thousands of female farmers hold sit-ins, hunger strike to protest India’s new agricultural laws Neha Mehrotra and Rishi Lekhi NEW DELHI Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Thousands of female farmers held sit-ins and a hunger strike in India’s capital on Monday in protests on International Women’s Day against new agricultural laws.
The demonstrations were held at multiple sites on the fringes of New Delhi where tens of thousands of farmers have camped for more than three months to protest against the laws they say will leave them poorer and at the mercy of big corporations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government says the laws are necessary to modernize agriculture.
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