NEW DELHI – Indian farmers who have been protesting for months against deregulation of produce markets plan to block a major expressway outside New Delhi today, the 100th day of their campaign.
Tens of thousands have been camped outside Delhi since December, demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi to repeal three farm laws that open up the country’s agriculture markets to private companies, which the farmers said will make them vulnerable.
Farmers from the northern states of Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh plan to stop all traffic on the six-lane Western Peripheral Expressway that forms a ring outside New Delhi for up to five hours, union leaders said on Friday.(Reuters)
