Indian farmer groups have rejected a government offer to guarantee minimum prices for certain crops, leading to the resumption of ongoing protests on Wednesday. The farmers, protesting against the Modi government's failure to fulfill its 2021 promise to raise crop prices, prepared for a march to the capital with cranes and excavators. The situation escalated on Wednesday as police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters attempting to resume their march to New Delhi. The protests, led by SKM (Non-Political) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee head Sarwan Singh Pandher, saw security forces using tear gas at the Shambhu border. Amidst the confrontation, protesting farmers managed to bring down a police drone dropping tear gas on them.
🚨 LIVE from the Delhi Border: Protesting Indian farmers bring down a police drone dropping tear gas on them. For days, the Modi government has brutally repressed farmers marching towards the capital city of Delhi to demand debt relief and a minimum support price for produce. https://t.co/ZxNApZ3NGq
Indian police fired tear gas on Wednesday to scatter thousands of protesting farmers as they sought to resume a march to New Delhi after rejecting a government offer on prices for their produce. https://t.co/zenWfyx9kM
VIDEO | Security forces resort to tear gas shelling as protesting farmers, led by SKM (Non-Political) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee head Sarwan Singh Pandher, try to march towards Delhi at Shambhu border. https://t.co/f5DKyT71VK
Thousands of Indian farmers prepared for a protest march to the capital, equipped with cranes and excavators, after talks with the government on guaranteed support prices for their produce failed to break a deadlock https://t.co/sTlQDK4kJA
FAMER PROTESTS IN INDIA ARE RAGING. Farmers are protesting against the Modi government and its failure to fulfill its 2021 promise to raise crop prices. https://t.co/DIUPEi1YDZ
Indian farmer groups reject a government offer to guarantee minimum prices for some crops currently traded with no such safeguard, and are expected to resume the ongoing protest on Wednesday https://t.co/LfMEKgQI1N