Farmers sit on a tractor along a blocked highway at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border in Ghazipur as they continue to protest against the central government's recent agricultural reforms. Photo: AFP Farmers sit on a tractor along a blocked highway at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border in Ghazipur as they continue to protest against the central government's recent agricultural reforms. Photo: AFP
Farmers sit on a tractor along a blocked highway at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border in Ghazipur as they continue to protest against the central government's recent agricultural reforms. Photo: AFP
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Fresh clashes deepen tensions at India farmer protests

  • Some protest camps have disbanded after a riot in New Delhi on Republic Day left one dead and at least 400 injured, but other farmers refuse to budge
  • Tens of thousands have been protesting since November over deregulation laws which they fear will leave them at the mercy of big corporations

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Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 10:09pm, 29 Jan, 2021

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Farmers sit on a tractor along a blocked highway at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border in Ghazipur as they continue to protest against the central government's recent agricultural reforms. Photo: AFP Farmers sit on a tractor along a blocked highway at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border in Ghazipur as they continue to protest against the central government's recent agricultural reforms. Photo: AFP
Farmers sit on a tractor along a blocked highway at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border in Ghazipur as they continue to protest against the central government's recent agricultural reforms. Photo: AFP
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