Indian Farmers Protest
Damanpreet Kaur Director Of Governance Since August of 2020, farmers in Punjab, Haryana, and all of India have been protesting against India’s novel agricultural laws. These farmers, called the Kisaans have been protesting changes to India’s Agricultural laws because these new laws would trap farmers into contract farming systems with larger corporate businesses and consumers. Through almost a year of violence, India’s government has still refused to take steps to alleviate the issue, instead choosing to alienate peaceful protesters with tear gas and violence. On January 26, 2021, as India’s Republic Day, a national holiday where the country celebrates enacting its constitution, a peaceful rally a couple of miles away suddenly regressed into a violent riot. Police raided protest sites, used tear gas, and took the liberty of hitting protesters with batons. Nearly a million farmers rode their tractors to India’s capital, knocking down police barricades. Till this day, July 21, 2021, ...