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Authorities are determined to control the new demonstrations to avoid a repeat of the 2021 protests, in which tens of thousands of farmers camped outside the capital for over a year, enduring a ...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) -Indian police fired teargas on Tuesday to scatter hundreds of farmers and supporters on a protest march to the capital New Delhi to demand better prices for their produce.
Thousands of farmers protested in India's capital on Thursday to press their demand for a new law that would guarantee minimum crop prices, after weeks of being blocked from entering the city.
On 25 November, protesters from the Dilli Chalo (transl. "let us go to Delhi") campaign were met by the police at the borders of the city. [145] The police employed the use of tear gas and water cannons, dug up roads, and used layers of barricades and sand barriers to stop the protesters, [ 146 ] leading to at least three farmer casualties. [ 147 ]
Indian police on Tuesday used tear gas and detained some farmers who clashed with them and tried to break barricades blocking their way to New Delhi to demand guaranteed crop prices in a repeat of ...
The 2021 Farmers' Republic Day protest was a protest on 26 January 2021 at Delhi. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Part of the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest . The protestors deviated from the parade to take the parade towards Red Fort . [ 5 ]
Over 200 farmers' organisations joined the protest. On November 19, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that the centre had chosen to revoke the three agriculture laws passed by Parliament in the year 2020. [17] The farmers are protesting once more, alleging that the government has failed to fulfil the promises made in 2020–2021.
Thousands of farmers began a 'Delhi Chalo' (Let's go to Delhi) march last week but were stopped by security forces about 200 km (125 miles) north of the capital, with water cannons and teargas ...