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India: Farmers hold massive protest rally in UP against 3 new laws
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The farmers have been camped out on the borders of Delhi since late November in one of the biggest challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
Hundreds of thousands of farmers gathered in India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, the biggest rally yet in a months-long series of demonstrations to press Narendra Modi’s government to repeal three new agricultural laws.
Chanting “farmer, labourer, unity!”, the men and women wore yellow and green scarves signifying harvest and mustard fields while waving national and farmer union flags in Uttar Pradesh state’s Muzaffarnagar district. The farmers have been camped out on the borders of Delhi since late November in one of the biggest challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
Farmers and union leaders reaffirmed at the gathering that they would fight for their rights and continue their sit-in along major highways into Delhi until the legislation is revoked. They also called for a nationwide strike on September 27 to protest against the laws. “It’s like the whole city and the roads are full of farmers,” lawyer and farmer’s son Amit Chaudhary told AFP from the gathering.
“Farmers are not the sort of people to be tired. We work day and night, irrespective of rains or harsh sun. We won’t go back till the laws are taken back,” he added.
More than 500,000 farmers attended the rally in the city of Muzaffarnagar, according to local police. An umbrella body representing farmer unions said people from 15 states were there.
Modi’s government says the industry is massively inefficient and in need of reform. But protesters fear the laws deregulating the sector will leave them at the mercy of big corporations. Several rounds of negotiations between the government and protesting farmers have failed to resolve the stand-off.
About two-thirds of India’s 1.3 billion population draw their livelihood from farming and the sector has long been a political minefield.
The massive gathering comes ahead of crucial polls next year in Uttar Pradesh, home to 200 million people and governed by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
The farmer agitation took a violent turn in January when a tractor rally transformed into a rampage in Delhi that left one farmer dead and hundreds of police officers injured.
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