Tens of thousands of protesting farmers have marched, rode horses and drove long lines of tractors into Indias capital, breaking through police barricades to storm the historic Red Fort.
It was a deeply symbolic act that revealed the scale of their challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modis government. They waved farm union and religious flags from the ramparts of the fort, where prime ministers annually hoist the national flag on the countrys August independence day holiday.
Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons and set up barricades in attempt to hold back the protesters Tuesday. The farmers have been demanding the withdrawal of new laws that they say will favor large corporate farms and devastate the earnings of smaller scale farmers.
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