For the fifth day, thousands of Indian farmers continued their protests against new agriculture laws, disrupting traffic and threatening to block all entry points to the nation’s capital of New Delhi.The protests began Nov.
26 after the government passed three farm laws, which aim to break the monopoly of state government-run market places (mandis), allowing farmers to sell directly to private entities.
The farmers believe the move will reduce the authority of state governments as their revenues from the mandis will dwindle.
Farmers also accuse the government of using strong-arm tactics against them.
