Daljit Singh from Patiala says dramatically that he is very grateful to the Narendra Modi government. Just when you think you have found o...
Daljit Singh from Patiala says dramatically that he is very grateful to the Narendra Modi government.
Just when you think you have found one Bharatiya Janata Party supporter in the sea of humanity spread over 15 kms on the border of Delhi, he delivers the punchline: “I am grateful because this farm law has united us. We farmers were sleeping while the country was being sold off to corporations. Now we are awake and will protect all of you.”
There is no shortage of punchlines from the farmers who have set up camp and are encircling the national capital. They have so much determination and clarity of thought that the government knows it has to either step back and make big dilutions to the new farm laws or repeal them altogether.
The government has already offered to roll back some provisions, suggesting perhaps that the great farmers’ uprising is on the verge of compelling the Narendra Modi administration to eat humble pie.
This is an agitation of strapping farmers, led by Sikhs from Punjab, but functioning as a lightning rod for those from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and farther afield. This is a large force that arrived on tractors, jeeps, buses, four-wheel drives and cars to...
