Deep Dive | Episode 33 | Farmers' Protests and the Road Ahead
After 54 days of a hunger strike, farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal finally accepted medical aid on January 18. His protest, along with hunger strikes by 121 farmers at Khanauri and Shambhu, was part of a larger demand for a legal guarantee on Minimum Support Price (MSP). A♔s farmers gear up to meet the government on February 14, concerns over agrarian distress, rising debts, and recent farmer suicides continue to loom large. Will this meeting bring a resolution, or will the protests persist?
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