They are marching from Punjab hoping for another retreat by the Modi government. It may not happen this time
When the local police tried to disperse the crowd, the ‘farmers’ resorted to violence and damaged government property
Punjab’s farmers are at Delhi’s doors demanding a rollback of the farm reform laws—reforms meant to help poorer states that today produce much more than Punjab under more difficult economic conditions. Isn’t it coercion by a pampered lot?
The farm sector reforms will end monopolies and give neglected states a level playing field