New Delhi, the capital of India, is full of angry farmers.
On the 26th (local time), tens of thousands of farmers opposing the Agricultural Reform Act held a large-scale tractor demonstration on the main national holiday of India, Republic Day. The protest was announced in advance, and New Delhi police allowed it to be limited, but farmers broke the barrier and entered the city. Some protesters climbed the Red Fort, a representative ruins in New Delhi, and put their flags on the flag-raising platform. As a result, the police fired tear gas, and there were conflicts in various places.
The main content of the Agricultural Reform Act being promoted by the Indian government is to open the distribution and pricing system managed by the state to the market so that farmers can directly trade with private distributors. However, farmers are calling for a complete abolition of the Agricultural Reform Act due to market instability.
Farmers have been protesting in Tokyo for about two months since last November, solving lodging and eating in New Delhi. In the process, a number of victims have also occurred due to cold and traffic accidents.
Reporter Jang Jin-young