Indian farmers resume Delhi protest push after talks fail

Thousands of Indian farmers riding tractors attempted to resume their push towards New Delhi on Wednesday af­ter failing to reach a deal with the government on their de­mands for higher crop prices.

The protest hopes to suc­cessfully replicate the year-long siege of highways into the capital that pressured Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government into abandoning its agricultural reform plans in 2021.

Police have kept a miles-long column of farmers atop agricultural machinery at bay since last week near the small village of Shambhu, several hours’ drive north of their intended destination.

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