‘Delhi Chalo’ protests | Why farmers are marching to Delhi?
The Hindu
Farmers protest in Delhi: Farmers protest for legal guarantee on minimum support price, better prices, and fulfillment of other key promises ahead of the 2024 general elections.
Indian police fired teargas on February 13 to scatter hundreds of farmers and supporters on a protest march to the capital New Delhi to demand better prices for their produce.
The latest round of farmer protests comes just months before the next general election in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to win his third term in office.
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Still, his government wants to avoid any major confrontation with farmers who may not always vote as one bloc but still enjoy sizeable influence in the countryside where most Indians live.
Mr. Modi's administration also aims to prevent a repeat of a year-long protest in 2020-21 when growers forced the government to repeal laws designed to deregulate vast agricultural markets.
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