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07-19-2022, 04:08 AM
After a landslide re-election in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s control over India seemed impossible to challenge.
But a yearlong farmers’ protest against agricultural overhauls has done just that, forcing the Indian prime minister to back down.
How did the protesters succeed?
Guest: Emily Schmall (https://www.nytimes.com/by/emily-schmall), a South Asia correspondent for The New York Times.
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Background reading:
The protesters received foreign and domestic financial support, kept their camps organized and looked for ways to be seen while trying to avoid violence (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/world/asia/india-modi-farmer-protests.html?smid=tw-share).
How a bungled response to Covid and a struggling economy have hurt the governing party’s standing (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/world/asia/india-farmers-modi.html) in India.
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)
But a yearlong farmers’ protest against agricultural overhauls has done just that, forcing the Indian prime minister to back down.
How did the protesters succeed?
Guest: Emily Schmall (https://www.nytimes.com/by/emily-schmall), a South Asia correspondent for The New York Times.
Sign up here (https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily) to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, subscribe to our newsletter (https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline).
Background reading:
The protesters received foreign and domestic financial support, kept their camps organized and looked for ways to be seen while trying to avoid violence (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/world/asia/india-modi-farmer-protests.html?smid=tw-share).
How a bungled response to Covid and a struggling economy have hurt the governing party’s standing (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/world/asia/india-farmers-modi.html) in India.
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)