Those protests began after the BJP introduced three new laws
It insisted would fix a system plagued with problems
The farm in Lausanne to loosen the rules around the sale, pricing and storage
A farm produced that protected farmers from an unfettered free market for decades
But farmers said market forces could push prices
Even if they didn't want to
Even lower and smaller farmers would find it hard to negotiate
Favorable deals with corporate giants
Perpetuals among hundreds of thousands of farmers from India's northern states
Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand
Pradesh that demanded the dismissal of the laws
They stayed on the streets through a harsh winter
Scorching summer and a global pandemic
Until Modi finally backed down and promised to work with them too
The BJP introduced three new laws
It insisted would fix a system plagued with problems
The farm in Lausanne to loosen the rules around the sale, pricing and storage


The farm in Lausanne to loosen the rules around the sale, pricing and storage
A farm produced that protected farmers from an unfettered free market for decades
But farmers said market forces could push prices
Even lower and smaller farmers would find it hard to negotiate

But farmers said market forces would find it hard to negotiate
Favorable deals with corporate giants
Perpetuals among hundreds of thousands of farmers from India's northern states
Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand
Pradesh that demanded the dismissal of the laws



So loved the laws
They stayed on the streets
Through a harsh winter
Scorching summer
And a global pandemic
Until Modi
Finally backed down
And promised to work
With them too