Thousands of Indian farmers hit the streets of New Delhi to demand new laws to guarantee minimum crop prices
THOUSANDS of farmers hit the streets of New Delhi today to demand that the government introduce a new law to guarantee minimum crop prices.
This comes after weeks of a stand-off between the farmers and the authorities who blocked the protesters from entering the city.
Farmers rode crowded buses and trains instead of their tractors to New Delhi after authorities barricaded highways into the capital with cement blocks and barbed wire.
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