Farmers attend a Maha Panchayat or grand village council meeting as part of a farmers’ protest to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021, New Delhi, India, March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Thousands of farmers rally in New Delhi to demand higher crop prices

Allowing farmers to enter the city seen as a concession from Modi government

Reading Time: 2 minutes Thousands of farmers rode buses and trains from across India to gather on Thursday at a rally in the capital, New Delhi, pressing a demand for higher guaranteed prices for their crops, as they faced down police barricades and tough security.



A farmer equipped to face police tear gas is posing for a photo while Indian farmers, who have been protesting for a week to demand guaranteed crop prices, wait to march to the capital near the Shambhu border that divides the northern Punjab and Haryana states, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) from New Delhi, India, on February 21, 2024. Photo: Rohit Lohia/NurPhoto.

Protesting Indian farmers burn effigies of Modi and other ministers

Farmers paused their march Wednesday after the death of a demonstrator--blamed on police aggression

Reading Time: 2 minutes Shambu, India | Reuters -- Indian farmers demanding higher prices for their crops burned effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other ministers on Friday as they sought to expand their protest against his government months before elections.