FILE PHOTO: A farmer smokes a hookah, a traditional water pipe, at the site of a protest against new farm laws, at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in Ghaziabad, India, December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
SINGHU, India (Reuters) - In a standoff between farmers from India's northern breadbasket and the government that has convulsed the country, the farmers have a 21st-century ally: a handful of supporters scattered around the world running a Twitter handle.
The farmers have paralysed some traffic in and out of New Delhi, protesting recent agriculture laws that they fear could eventually eliminate government-guaranteed minimum prices for their crops.
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