Delhi Chalo: Indian police clashes with farmers for second day
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Agitations continue
In a second day of clashes, the police fired tear gas and used water cannon on farmers who were marching to New Delhi to protest the agricultural reforms that were recently passed by the Indian Parliament. The farmers fear that the new law will leave them at the mercy of big corporations. The agitators were later allowed to enter the capital, but only with a police escort.
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Entering the capital
Hundreds of police officers were deployed to Delhi accompanied with trucks full of sand and barbed wire. The new laws have been a point of contention for farmers and the erratic weather and increasing debt has been called as the reason for thousands of farmers' suicide.
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Agri laws
The agricultural law aimed to make farmers free to sell their products to anyone without a middleman. The PM called it a complete transformation of the sector that will empower millions of farmers and encourage investment. But INC maintains the change will only give the opportunity to big companies to exploit farmers.
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Traffic piles up
For the past few months, the protestors had blocked trains from entering Punjab before they succumbed to mounting pressure from the public. On Thursday, the agitation caused a massive hold-up on one of the highways around the Indian capital.
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Defusing the situation
Earlier today, Delhi borders looked like a battle zone, as many farmers struggled to enter the capital. Pouring in from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and more, farmers poured into the capital while the Delhi Police stands guard.