Explained: Two months on, what’s happening at the farmer protests?
And what do they have planned for Republic Day?
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In the last two months, the farmers protesting against the new farm laws at Delhi’s borders have engaged in 10 rounds of talks with the government. All 10 failed. Now, the farmers have said they will peacefully march into Delhi on January 26.
Newslaundry’s Nidhi Suresh pieces together the sequence of events over the last two months, and what has led to the farmers’ plans for Republic Day.
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