Protesting Indian farmers
December 20, 2020
Indian PM Modi seems to have acquired the tainted touch, so whatever he touches becomes undesirable. Whether it is the demonetisation decision, the Citizenship Amendment Act, and the scrapping of Article 70 that guaranteed autonomy to the Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir state, and now a set of laws concerning the agriculture sector, which farmers from all over the country are opposing.
After getting more into trouble due to the Kashmir misadventure, the farmers’ protest has become the proverbial albatross around Modi’s neck. Protesters have been camping around New Delhi blocking roads leading to the national capital since Dec 8. Farmers are determined to continue their agitation till repeal of the contentious laws. They are braving the cold winter wind camping in tents. Farmers from various states have gradually been joining in the protest, and thousands of farmers from Maharashtra would soon be making it to the protest. Maharas