Farmers in India have been demonstrating for a week to seek guaranteed crop prices. Instead, they have turned down a government proposal and plan to march to New Delhi, the nation’s capital.
The protesting farmers started their march last week, but the government has stopped them from getting to the city. They have blocked highways leading into the capital with metal containers, cement blocks, barbed wire, and iron spikes to prevent a repeat of the farmers’ protests in 2021, when they camped in the city’s suburbs for more than a year.
The farmers want a law that would ensure a minimum price for twenty-three different crops. Farm leaders announced late on Monday night that they had turned down the government’s proposal for a five-year contract to secure prices for five crops, including maize, cotton, and pulses.
One of the protest leaders, Jagjit Singh Dallewal, told the Press Trust of India news agency that the government’s proposal, which was presented on Sunday, was “not in the interest of farmers.”
He said the farmers will start their march to New Delhi on Wednesday. Tens of thousands had been camped out about 200 kilometers (120 miles) from the capital while awaiting the government offer.
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