Filling the streets. Photos at the following link
Posted on 01/26/2021 3:57:54 PM PST by blueplum
[photo-rich article]
Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades on Tuesday to enter the historic Red Fort complex in the capital and hoist flags after clashing with police who fired tear gas to scatter them
The protesters marched, rode horses and drove long lines of tractors to New Delhi where they stormed the historic site in a symbolic challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government....
...People watched in shock as the takeover of the fort, which was built in the 17th century and served as the palace of Mughal emperors, was shown live on hundreds of news channels....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Wonder if the Democrats will add inciting that to Trump’s impeachment charges. /s
Sounds like the French.
In case anyone else was wondering, there are no details in the article that would allow a person with a grasp of economics to get an idea whether what the farmers are asking for would really help them.
I first thought it said “Indiana,” not “India.” I gotta go to the optometrist.
“In case anyone else was wondering, there are no details in the article that would allow a person with a grasp of economics to get an idea whether what the farmers are asking for would really help them.”
Pretty standard for today’s ‘reporting’.
Thanks for the update - this has been going on for weeks - it’s getting ugly now
agricultural reforms = no more subsidies?
20,368 Indian Farmers killed themselves in 2018 and 2019 per the article, due to economic conditions.
Waiting for Kamala Harris to denounce the Indian insurgency.
Three new laws regarding farming (environmental, transportation, and one other) were passed in 2020. Farmers say it’s big gov’t trying to run their lives - in a nutshell.
Is this an Indian “Green New Deal”?
Yes.
The farmers say the new law will disadvantage small farmers vis-a-vis agribusiness corporations. The government says it won’t. Supporters of the farmer protests say the farmers are right. Government spokespeople say the government is right. Super informative!
This story doesn’t have the same kind of interest that the “Monkeys riot and destroy town” or “Elephants go on rampage and destroy town” that come out of India on occasion.
Thats what the Keystone pipeline workers should do.
They want continued guaranteed price supports.
India’s adoption of western agricultural practices is creating food abundance that is depressing crop prices and bankrupting inefficient farmers.
Lots of commie agitators prefer famine.
Farmers have been rioting in India since the British left, and often before.
I think the local view is that the world is running pretty much normally.
Filling the streets. Photos at the following link
A world wide rebellion against those who say they are our betters and stick their noses into our business has started.
Being a farmer myself I am on the side of the people who have done their best to comply with increasingly idiotic regulations and mounds of paperwork only to have the government decide that I need to do something else entirely.
I just would like to sell my apples and cheese.
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