{"id":166759,"date":"2021-01-29T23:38:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/scuffles-break-out-in-india-amid-farmer-protests\/"},"modified":"2021-01-29T23:38:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:38:50","slug":"scuffles-break-out-in-india-amid-farmer-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scuffles-break-out-in-india-amid-farmer-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"#Scuffles break out in India amid farmer protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Scuffles break out in India amid farmer protests<\/strong>”
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SINGHU,\u00a0India, Jan 29 \u2013 An\u00a0Indian state blocked mobile internet across most of its districts on Friday, following clashes between protesting\u00a0Indian\u00a0farmers and groups of men shouting anti-farmer\u00a0and pro-police slogans.<\/p>\n

Mobile internet in 15 of 22 districts in Haryana state bordering the capital New Delhi will be unavailable until 5:00pm local time on Saturday, according to a circular from the state government.<\/p>\n

Authorities used tear gas and batons on Friday to break up the clashes at Singhu in Haryana, one of several protest sites near Delhi.<\/p>\n

The protesting\u00a0farmers want the government to withdraw three new farm laws that they say will hurt their livelihoods for the benefit of large private produce buyers.<\/p>\n

In a stand-off between riot police and the\u00a0farmers, authorities tried on Thursday night to clear another protest site in the city\u2019s east, but most\u00a0farmers refused to move and thousands more marched overnight to join them.<\/p>\n

Their leaders said any retreat would constitute surrender.<\/p>\n

\u201cConcerned over police high-handedness, thousands of\u00a0farmers, who were not part of the protest, have now come to bolster our movement,\u201d Rakesh Tikait, president of one of the largest\u00a0farmers unions, the Bharti Kisan Union, told Reuters on Friday.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s government introduced the new agricultural laws in September, triggering\u00a0protests\u00a0and a two-month long sit-in on some of the major app<\/a>roaches to New Delhi.<\/p>\n

Farm leaders say the laws are an attempt to erode a longstanding mechanism that ensures\u00a0farmers a minimum support price for their rice and wheat.<\/p>\n

The government says the reforms will open up new opportunities for\u00a0farmers and that it will not bow to the protesters\u2019 demands.<\/p>\n

Modi retains a solid majority in parliament although the\u00a0protests\u00a0are beginning to undermine some support for the government in the countryside.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0protests\u00a0turned violent on Tuesday, when\u00a0India\u00a0celebrated its Republic Day with a military parade, and some protesters clashed with police. One was killed and hundreds were injured.<\/p><\/div>\n

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