NEW DELHI: (HRNW) Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades and clashed on Tuesday with police in the capital on Republic Day, who fired tear gas to restrain them, shortly after a convoy of tractors trundled through the city’s outskirts.
Growers, angered by laws they say help large, private buyers at the expense of producers, have camped outside New Delhi for almost two months, posing one of the biggest challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he came to power in 2014.
Local news channels showed images of the farmers hoisting flags at the Red Fort in New Delhi.
They commandeered cranes and used ropes to tear down road blocks miles from routes approved by the police, forcing constables in riot gear to fall back and let them pass.
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