Thousands of farmers in India have finally marched on the capital despite police barricades to keep them out of New Delhi.
They want the government to scrap laws which could end guaranteed prices for their produce, something they fear could put them out of business.
Al Jazeera’s Elizabeth Puranam reports from New Delhi.
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Modi is serving his corporate bosses, especially the Ambanis.
He doesn’t care about the public which is left to starve.
U traitor where r u from
@Sandeep Chauhan he’s your father no.
@Bharat Sharma You are in favour of corrupt middlemen who make money by looting farmers.
Modi’s true colours, the interests of the Elite and Rich.
@danny eastwood lol utttar pardesh and bihar mp and west benagl have more farmer than punjab and haryana
If you have problem then protest peacefully
I support bjp
@India Sane rest of Indian farmers are in knee deep debt because they already sell to free market, while punjab and haryana farmers ,majority of whom sell thier produce in APMC mandis( where MSP is guaranteed) rightfully fear MSP will go away.
@Anmol Tiwari if you are really a farmer then you would have known that majority of farmers (outside punjab and haryana) already sell their produce in free markets and are still dirt poor.
@Anmol Tiwari protest have been peaceful, if you try to look outside of bjp propaganda and farmers in UP and Bihar do not get MSP so they do not have any incentive to protest cause they aint getting it back.
You have already stated your political leanings so i guess you can not be reasoned with.
@danny eastwood What ??? Dude this is the first time selling in free market is allowed. You are right that many farmers across the country are in debt and distress but one of the reasons is APMC was imposed on them for all these years. This is precisely why even states with anti-bjp govts have farmers not joining Punjab and Haryana because they are in fact happy. Otherwise they would not have wasted a minute to give more trouble to central govt. Maharashtra is one of them. Maharashtra produces major % of onion, sugacane, cotton etc for whole country. Congress party who has now joined the opposition had mentioned this reform in their wishlist long time back but playing politics is their compulsion. Don’t know where you get data from.
0:24 shameful act……..old man is hitting by the police..no words to condemn.
Same idea
@Anmol Tiwari ya, it’s great act in benefits of big shots old middlemen agents will go away and new bigger hungry agent will took over on this act.
@Anmol Tiwari there is no MSP in UP and Bihar
Sorry i will delete our comment if anyone hurt Sorry from me
Full support to Indian farmers.
Al Jazeera should be thanked for covering this as our media is busy playing in Modi’s lap these days.
@Asad Mustafa sach to bata rahaa hei jo India ke bikau news me dekhne nahi milta
@me you to maine kab kaha jhoot dikha raha hai
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@Bharat Sharma – whose hands are you playing into ?? Why are famers in only 2 states are protesting ?? It is sponsored by corrupt middlemen who are obviously against this law since their illegal shops will close
@Asad Mustafa Indian farmars ki jaan pe baat agai hai aur tu betha hai image ko lekar? Agar image ka fikar hotey na to tera modi papa farmers ke against asa bill latei nehi.
Modi took huge amount during election expenses in 2019 from these heavyweights & now he is returning the favour…. Simple as that
he took before 2014
it was old plan and implementation
It’s a shameful act by our Indian government, in which they are giving power to large retailers by making ridiculous laws and these farmers loose their income.
Why are famers in only states are protesting ?? It is sponsored by corrupt middlemen who are obviously against this law since their illegal shops will close
@India Sane hey dude farmers from punjab haryana maharashtra rajasthan bihar and up have been protesting
They are charging on those who feed them.. thats a shame
@Molten Lava no, this is not true, those all are farmers, not khalistani
@Molten Lava this is just godi Media’s POPOPGANDA….
@kulveer jasarh uh no there are many khalistanis in there, Al jazeera has always hated us, so I was just waiting that how could they miss suc a big oppurtunity to downgrade india 😂😂
@Naveen Srivastava you are jsut brainwashed by leftist media, he is brainwashed by right-ist media. So why are angry, just because he is not brainwahed by western media too?
@malika jha triggered much?
00.25 so sad Indian police has no respect for elderly people. His age is maybe more then your father. How he managed to beat him in this way😰
@Ritesh 2020 You know the meaning of “Monopoly” market system and it’s effect? The concept to remove the middle man sound good. But what about the minimum price that government ensure the farms.? This is what this farmers asking for. They want to talk about it. So what is your problem.? No one is doing politics here..
@Fazlay Rabbi no its the removal of middlemen that is hurting them. Punjab Haryana is dominated by middlemen who are also misleading farmers. You should think why only 2 states famers are protesting? Why farmers from rest of India even where there is non-bjp govt are quiet ? think …
@India Sane majority of the farmers are from these two states Punjab and haryana , but farmers from UP and MP have also joined . Farmers can’t protest because of covid but no covid for BJP doing rallies in Hyderabad . The nation stand with farmers and their cause , the government have sold many airport to corporate now they want to sell agricultural sector to the corporates , so farmers are protesting .
@Ritesh 2020 with lots of cursing his daughter & Family
No police or defense force have respect for anyone. They trained killers and work for their masters, good or bad.
Hitler modiiiii
Chutuya bata tu bihar up mp rajsthan me farmer nahi hai
@Anmol Tiwari pehle wo law pd lo jo dictator modi ne bnaye hein, fr baat krna, and mind your language
@kulveer jasarh tractor chadha rahe ho unke thik kara de aur tu jitna soch raha hai na usse jayda ham farming par depend hai
May be Al-Jazeera banned in india as i didn’t saw any al Jazeera logo or journalist
WE WANT Free Khalistan
We want Freedom ..
Go Modi Go Back GO India Go Back
Mu khol deta hu muh me
Kya khalistan be
You can become a part of china if you want
khalistan bhool ja…lode lega hun te bol.
I’m from punjab. It’s really hurtful and waheguru ji if u r watching this do something.modi government planned our end.over 7 million people depend on this agriculture circulating and this new law will destroy them completely. There’s no way.
Khalistan zindabad
Khalistan network funded acts of terr0r
Come to chandigarh and shout khalistan zindabad…police to baad me pehle public thokegi tujhe.
Tnx aljazeera. Atleast u r reporting this in right way. Our indian media are busy finding conspirscy theories and calling protestors anti nationals and khalistani terrorists 😔😔
They haven’t entered Delhi .only outskirts
And laws are here to stay no matter what you do
Thanks for supporting farmers 🙏
No farmers no food no future
Foreign corporation : ” I pay you 50% of the full price, screw you if you dint like it “
Abolishing protectionism in the agricultural sector is very risky. Can result in a destroyed industry, crushed profits, and reliance in corporations or countries that may not have your own best interests in mind. Not sure what Modi and his cabinet were thinking here, apart from just looking at it from a perspective of pure return of investment financially.
Dictatorship by modi government
Passes anti farmer law
I support farmers
Support To Indian farmers 👍👍👍👍👍
Modi Government is terrorist group BJP And RSS Leader
The soul of our nation is in the fields of farmers 🇮🇳. Jai Javan jai kisan. We are on the side of farmers 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Kashmir is pakistan
Pakistan is India
And be ready to become Syria in coming days
Don’t mess with the farmers, there are a lot of people to feed in India.
Chinese farmers earn more money than Indian farmers and get more government subsidies. The Indian government should learn from China
Indian subsidies are already more than the Chinese. They get free electricity, subsidy on fertilizers with minimum support prize and what not. This is a move to give farmers an extra degree of freedom to get a better prise of their produce.
@Sudhir Gholap then why, msp is not mentioned in these new agricultural laws???
@kulveer jasarh iska ek hi jwab hai bhakto k pas k, ” pm vaada krte hain “‘
Chineese farmers don’t own there land. Chinese farmers are controlled by govt
@Taj sidhu dalits
Shame to modi
*Ladakh – Jammu and Kashmir😭*
pakistan one awful dreams for india
Billion of indian people living life with poverty but idiot Modi wanna be Super power😄😄😄😙😙
Mobi is new king of India
New Dictator
Just enriching the 1% that controls half the Indian economy. This is the biggest wealth consolidation India has ever seen. Using political plots bjp politicians have engaged in large scale corruption. The same ppl that call arvind kejriwal a terrorist because he is against that corruption.
Waiting for for someone to say “Why did Al Jazeera not say anything on ‘something’ done by Muslim”
india should become like china.
true
How is this anti-farmer? The minimum price is not going to be removed, it actually gives farmers more opportunities, they can grow crops by negotiating and taking contracts and have a stable income. It reduces the corruption by middle men at these fixed market places, so much food gets wasted in India, isn’t it better to have some reforms?
No, minimum price is removed automatically when big contractors in the market, this is totally anti farmer, and in favour of some big capitalist
Its Sikh vs Hindus
Apni fuddu baate apne paas rakh..its govt vs farmers. Tu bodraan te aa te assi sikhan tujhe batawange.
@Ivan Nuaash A brave community primarily belongs to Punjab state in India and Current Hindu fundamentaliat Govt is trying to change Punjab’s demography
@The NetFreak Barway mn khud punjab tu e aan aur teri zuban tu e pta lga reya tun Hindu banyaa wa
@Channel 9 Agar tu sachha insaan hai to loka wich nafrata na faila.
Yes ofcourse .modi government wants punjab unhealthy,drug addicted, debited and wipe out sikhism
किसी अन्धभक्त ने अपनी मां का दूध पिया है तो किसानों के बिच जाकर एक बार “घर घर मोदी” बोल के दिखाये।
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Nhi bhai, andh bhakt gow mutrr pite hain
Famers protest surpress by godi mediA thx Al Jazeera for reporting
Pro jiongoist ~ wire is antinational 😂😂😂
Historical incidence, it’s worst happening in India
It’s great act imposed by gov. To remove previous agents and opened new entery for new agents who are more hungry and greedy. After all its prooven history in Indian politics that India is not run by any gov plans it’s run by big corporates plans and in favour of those corporates because India is highly populated and common public do not have any authority or any strong hands for their rights and most of the time they are mesmerize or made blind or last but not least made them stuck in religious issues.On top of that they are stuck in their life to get survival for everydays food rents fees medical bills kids parents etc…
It’s proven history of indian politics that who ever comes on positions they just rob them make an open loots some do little some do extrems. If we compare last some years it’s extremes many Indians now says that Britishers has looted less compare to our own Indian politicians ….It’s sad but this is the fact and truth that as a country India is an independent but, public of India are stil live their life like a slaves.
Bark hard as you want ….You must know that it will end like other protests🤷♂️….nothing will change😂😊……
Tnxx I’m punjabi
Thanks for covering farmer protest
Thanks 🙏🙏🙏 news channel
Government can start a dialogue with the farmers and find out a solution.
Crony capitalism
The govt’s thinks that the policies will benefit farmers but in reality…it won’t. By the way, you have issues with the govt..disturbing the whole city isn’t good. These type of protests affects the daily life of the locals.
Modi gang chor
😂😂😂😂😂😂I thought they were going to Kashmir instead they all are in Delhi
Why would they go to kashmir
@Taj sidhu FOR THE FANTASTIC TEA 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Mir Kash not even funny u little sullah
Lahore Banega Khaalistaan.
Shame modiii🐕
Farmers were not violating the rules. The government deployed police and uleashed violence on the peaceful march of farmers in order to prevent them from entering the capital.
Let’s go to Delhi – No No – Lets go to Kanedaa 😁😁😁
Thanks Al Jazeera channel.
Your cover by this news.
Former zindabad
Thank you Al Jazeera 🙏
Proud to be punjabi-proud to be kissan💪Thanks Al Jazeera news🙏our 99% indian🇮🇳 national media paid media GODI media👎🏻Once again Thanks Al jazeera channel🙏🙏
Yes indian media is paid
But al jazeera also paid by qatar
❤️ from Kerala….
Shamful act
India media is paid media, and not cover real situation
Modi is the worst president india ever had.That government is disgusting
India economy collapsing and now Hindu Extremists Government is selling out farmers
Indian govt is so insensible towards farmers of our country.😡
Neighbours – time to unit and fight the real culprit (govt). I hope everyone is safe 🙏🏽
Modi government adani ambani under takeing
thnk u for showing this
love from panjab ♥️
बस आप की तिपण्णी की अवश्यता बाँकी थी । 😊😊😊😊
Shame on indian government
Thxxx for supporting farmers our indian media don’t coverage this event if they coverage this movement taking to negative side plss supporting us al Jazeera tv thxx for support
Those are Canadian farmers.
farmers spotas
Indian 99 %media former news not prosar and tray to fail former protest vary bad
BJP.very bad party in india enemy of farmer. Muslim. Dalit (poor peoples)
Khalistan Tehreek jindabad.
It’s tyrant government who is not allowing farmers to reach national capital Delhi and farmers are waiting way long for the government’s permission to go ‘Ramlila Maidan’ and ‘Jantar Mantar’, the designated place for the peaceful protest!!
Thanks Al Jazeera for covering this….our own main stream media is siding govt
thnks
The farmers were protesting peacefully because the government sold out to private investors. The farmers were peacefully protesting till the army and police started beating peaceful demonstrators. Here comes a civil war lmao. This is what the NWO does incite a internal fight and the country will end up like Syria for example. In Syria riots were started with the same methods in 2011 and now look at Syria torn apart by war and being slowly occupied by NWO oppressors.
Welcome to Banana Republic of India
Praise Allah
Shame on indian government
thnx🙏
Vary NYC news Thanks farmers spot
🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Modi is a thief, a real thief……
سرکار چور ہے🇮🇳
We support farmers 🙏🏼💯
0:25 that’s bad
Walang silbi ang pagiging henyo india kung mga tao moy salat sa gutom. Alam ko maraming nagugutom sa inyo kahit pa sabihin ninyo maganda ang inyong economic.siguro sa dami nang mga tao sa inyong basa kaya diyan kayo mag focus wag ang pag insulto sa mga filipina. Sa akin lng unahin ang bansa para sa mga tao kasi kahit pa sabihin ninyong angat kayo di naman ito angkop sa mga taong nasa inyong bayan ganon din ang china kahit pa sabihing mayaman sa economiya pero marami parin kawawa kasi yumayaman lang naman bulsa nang mga politicians.
Now a communist revolution is necessary for India.
Funny can never see such news on Indian news network even thou its their own country.