Thousand of unhappy farmers attend a protest against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near Delhi, India, on Saturday (Nov 28, 2020). - Reuters
NEW DELHI, Nov 28 (Reuters): India deployed hundreds of police and paramilitary forces at a New Delhi border on Saturday as thousands of farmers from neighbouring states blocked major roads into the capital, in protest against recent agricultural deregulation.
A day after clashes ended with an agreement that the farmers could demonstrate in the capital, tensions rose again in the protests over laws that farmers fear could rob them of minimum guaranteed prices for their produce.
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