Why farmers are key to the Indian elections

Rising fuel prices and fertiliser costs have sparked widespread protests from agricultural workers

India farmers
Protesting farmers are sprayed with water cannons by police in New Delhi
(Image credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Rising fuel prices and fertiliser costs are exacerbating a growing farm crisis in India that threatens to destabilise Narendra Modi’s government ahead of elections next year.

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