Indian farmers in no mood to forgive despite Modi's U-turn on reforms

Guru Sevak Singh, a farmer, poses with a photograph of his brother Guruvinder Singh, who was killed during a farmers protest in Lakhimpur Kheri last month, in Mohraniya village of the Bahraich district in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Saurabh Sharma

MOHRANIYA, India (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have caved in https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-modi-repeal-controversial-farm-laws-2021-11-19 to farmers' demands that he scraps laws they say threaten their livelihoods.

But reaction to the shock U-turn in India's rural north, where Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faces key elections next year, has been less than positive, a worrying sign for a leader seeking to maintain his grip on national politics.