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Protesting farmers shout slogans in Mumbai, India
TENS of thousands of farmers were descending on New Delhi today, intending to stage mammoth rallies against agribusiness laws to mark Republic Day on Tuesday.
Motorways around the capital were clogged with tractors as farmers vowed to “teach [Indian Prime Minister Narendra] Modi a lesson he will never forget.”
Farmers have blocked roads around New Delhi for over two months in protest at new agricultural laws that open the sector to transnational corporations and abolish price guarantees for essential produce.
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