Indian Farmers Strike to Demand Guaranteed Crop Prices as Others Attempt to March to New Delhi

Members of various trade unions and opposition political parties gather in support of countrywide rural strike called by farmers in Hyderabad, India, Feb. 16, 2024.

Farmers blocked highways and held demonstrations in many rural areas in northern India on Friday to protest a range of grievances that also have led tens of thousands to march toward the capital in tractors and wagons.