- Title: Indian farmers hold tractor rally against agrarian laws on Independence Day
- Date: 15th August 2021
- Summary: JIND, HARYANA, INDIA (AUGUST 15, 2021) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF CROWD OF PROTESTING FARMERS ON TRACTORS AND MOTORBIKES TRACTORS MOVING VARIOUS OF TRACTOR RALLY IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) FARMER LEADER, RAM KRISHNA MEHLAWAT, SAYING: "August 15 is celebrated as our day of Independence…to honour the Indian flag, showcase the unity of the farmers, and to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government repeal the three black farm laws, we are carrying this tractor rally. We want to tell that the citizens of this country have awakened. If they can form a government then they also can dissolve the government." ATTARI, PUNJAB, INDIA (AUGUST 15, 2021) (ANI-NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF PROTESTING FARMERS HOLDING INDIAN FLAGS RALLYING ON MOTORBIKES (SOUNDBITE) (Punjabi) PROTESTER, KAABIL SINGH, SAYING: "The three black farm laws should be repealed…we will keep protesting and camp on the outskirts of Delhi until the laws are repealed, even if it takes two more years." REWARI, HARYANA, INDIA (AUGUST 15, 2021) (ANI-NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF PROTESTING FARMERS HOLDING INDIAN FLAGS MARCHING AND RAISING SLOGANS MORE OF FOOT MARCH UNDERWAY
- Embargoed: 29th August 2021 12:34
- Keywords: Independence day India Narendra Modi farm laws farmers protest rally tractor march
- Location: JIND, REWARI, HARYANA/ATTARI, PUNJAB, INDIA
- City: JIND, REWARI, HARYANA/ATTARI, PUNJAB, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics
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- Story Text: Thousands of farmers drove a convoy of tractors festooned with brightly coloured flags in northern Haryana state to protest the controversial agricultural laws on the occasion of Independence Day on Sunday (August 15).
A sea of protesting farmers bearing the flags of India and farm unions, marched on tractors and motorbikes to express their anger against the apathy of the federal government towards the growers, on the 75th year of India's independence.
"We will keep protesting and camp on the outskirts of Delhi until the laws are repealed, even if it takes two more years," said Kaabil Singh, a protesting farmer in Punjab's Attari town.
Thousands of farmers are camped out on New Delhi's outskirts for over seven months despite a great risk of COVID-19 infection to themselves, urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to repeal the farm laws, which they say threaten their livelihoods.
Modi's government says the farm laws introduced in September 2020 will help boost growers' incomes, and the government was willing to talk to the farmers.
Farmers, however, say the new laws favor large private retailers by freeing them to buy farm goods outside government-regulated wholesale grain markets. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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