Indian opposition demands repeal of farm laws after protests


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  • Thursday, 24 Dec 2020

India's main opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi alongwith party supporters gather at the party headquarters as they get ready to meet the President of India Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan to submit a memorandum containing around 20 million signatures against the newly passed farm laws, in New Delhi, India, December 24, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's main opposition party pressed the government on Thursday to call a special parliamentary session to withdraw new agricultural laws that farmers say will leave them at the mercy of big corporations.

Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader from the opposition Congress party, handed the president a copy of a petition that he said had attracted 20 million signatures online.

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