Farmers listen to a speaker during a protest against the farm laws at Singhu border near New Delhi, India, January 30, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's prime minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday protesters that stormed New Delhi's Red Fort had caused "insult" to the country, his first public comments on a months-long farmers' agitation that turned violent last week.
Tens of thousands of farmers have camped on the outskirts of the capital for more than two months, protesting new agricultural laws they say benefit private buyers at the expense of growers.
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