Indian farmers shout slogans as they take part in a demonstration and move towards New Delhi to join the protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent agricultural reforms. Photo: AFP
In Australia, tensions between Sikhs and Modi-supporting Hindus simmer on the back of farmers’ protests in India
- Members of the Indian community in Australia say divisions have become wider after Sikhs there backed the farmers demonstrating in India
- There have been attacks on Sikhs in Sydney and calls to boycott Sikh-owned businesses, while the community’s alleged support of a separatist movement is another flashpoint
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Indian farmers shout slogans as they take part in a demonstration and move towards New Delhi to join the protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent agricultural reforms. Photo: AFP