Indian police use water cannon to disperse farmers marching to New Delhi to protest against recent agricultural reforms. NEW DELHI: Indian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Thursday in clashes with several thousand farmers marching to New Delhi to protest against recent agricultural reforms.
Legislation passed earlier this year means that farmers are now free to sell their produce to anyone at any price, instead of to state-controlled markets at fixed rates.Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed this as a"complete transformation of the agriculture sector" that would empower"tens of millions of farmers" and encourage much-needed investment and modernisation.
"For nearly two months, farmers have been protesting peacefully in Punjab without any problem," Amarinder Singh, chief minister of Punjab, said on Thursday.
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