Tens of thousands of Indian farmers are clearing protest sites along the capital’s fringes and returning home, marking an end to year-long demonstrations against controversial farm laws.
On Thursday, the government set up a committee to consider those demands.
The farmers said the laws would drastically shrink their incomes and leave them at the mercy of big corporations. In protest, they pressed for the complete repeal of the laws. Farmers form one of India’s most influential voting blocs and Modi’s decision to scrap the laws came ahead of elections early next year in key states like Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, both significant agricultural producers and where his Bharatiya Janata Party isPolitical analysts say the upcoming elections are a major reason behind the surprise move, but that it’s too early to say whether it will work.
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