What’s behind India’s U-Turn on its farming laws? | Inside Story
For more than a year now, farmers across India have been holding mass protests, strikes and sit-ins. Their actions have been against a set of farm laws they say, hurt their livelihood. But the government had long defended the legislation – which would have ended minimum price guarantees for produce. That was until Friday, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a sudden announcement his administration will withdraw the controversial laws. But why now? And what are the political and economic implications? Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra Guests: Yogendra Yadav – Founder of Jai Kisan Andolan, an all India Farmers and Farmworker's Organization of Sawaj. Ashish Shukla – International Journalist covering India's current affairs and its governing party extensively. Javed M. Ansari – Political Analyst and Commentator. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #InsideStory #India #Farmers
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