Barely 250 protesters now hold fort as the agitation weathers the uncertainties of a long movement, the assault of the pandemic and the commitments of the sugarcane season.
GHAZIABAD: The tents are there, as are the loudspeakers and the stage, but the protest site at UP Gate today is a sharp contrast from the roaring agitation hub of 25,000 people that had renewed the farmers’ agitation against the three new central agriculture laws in January after the Republic Day fiasco in Delhi.
Barely 250 protesters now hold fort as the agitation weathers the uncertainties of a long movement, the assault of the pandemic and the commitments of the sugarcane season.
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One thought that hadn’t flitted across the minds of any farmer at the bustling protest site at the Ghazipur border was that the Supreme Court was going to pass an important order on the farm laws on Tuesday. The leaders might have kept a watch but the ordinary farmers were oblivious to the legal proceedings.
The irrelevance of judicial intervention is a striking feature of the battle between the Narendra Modi government and the farming community, a sense of dismay deepened by the court’s suggestion on Monday about putting the laws on hold as they are examined by a committee.
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