This is a Tuesday Interview from the Deccan Herald. It is worth reading to conclusion. Evidently, there was a farm bill passed by the Indian government that corporatizes farming. The farmers are incensed by it and are furious. This has become an election issue.
Hanuman Beniwal has stated he was wrongly given a positive COVID-19 test so that he could not attend the session when the farming legislation was presented and passed. He has taken to the media and speeches to carry his message. He is upset that the farmers are being marginalized by their own government. He has broken ties with another party due to this issue.
I might add, since Trump was president, the world no longer is relying on the USA for anything. There are measures all over the world to protect from all sorts of tragedy now that every country has witnessed the worst of the USA. I am sure this issue of farming is due to the fact India's population needs to be fed and the aid from the USA may have been withheld. No different than the Northern Triad.
Beniwal alleged (click here) that he was given a false Covid-19 positive report and could not attend Parliament on the day the farm bills were passed.
Hanuman Beniwal, the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) chief, has been a vocal supporter of PM Narendra Modi, but he quit the NDA over the farm bills issue. Beniwal, an influential Jat leader in central and northern Rajasthan had helped tilt the 2019 Lok Sabha polls decisively in favour of BJP. Speaking to DH’s Sagar Kulkarni, Beniwal alleged that he was given a false Covid-19 positive report and could not attend Parliament on the day the farm bills were passed....
