Ambani, Adani (India's richest men) caught in crossfire over farming laws in country

Farmer families throw peanuts into a bonfire as protesting farmers and their families mark Lohri festival on a blocked highway in protest against new farm laws at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Lohri celebrates the harvest season and the end of winter. - AP

NEW DELHI, Jan 19 (Bloomberg): Two of India’s richest men have landed in an unlikely controversy over farming laws, becoming targets of protesters who allege the tycoons have benefited from their close links to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

For weeks, tens of thousands of farmers have camped outside the nation’s capital, demanding the withdrawal of recently passed legislation they say, without evidence, was designed to allow billionaires such as Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani to enter farming.