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Church leaders slam violence at Indian farmers rally Republic Day clash between police and farmers results in the death of one farmer and more than 80 injuries Farmers who have been protesting on the outskirts of the national capital for the last two months say the new laws are anti-farmer. (Photo supplied) Church and political leaders in India have condemned a clash between police and farmers that resulted in the death of one farmer and injuries to more than 80 others. The farmers rally in New Delhi on India s 72nd Republic Day on Jan. 26 became out of control after the protesting farmers clashed with police near the Income Tax Office and Red Fort as police used baton charges and tear gas to disperse them. ....
As Indian farmers step up protests against pro-agribusiness “reform,” Modi prepares mass repression Indian farmers are threatening to expand their protests after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government reiterated that it will not repeal the three pro-agri-business laws it rushed through parliament last September. Hundreds of thousands of farmers, many with their wives and children, are currently camped at four entrances to the Delhi National Capital Territory. Many have been there since Nov. 27, when phalanxes of security forces, acting on the orders of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP government, barred them from bringing their Delhi Chalo (Let’s go to Delhi) agitation to India’s capital and largest city. ....