India-U.S. Trade Deal Sparks Farmer Anger: What's Driving The Shambhu Border Protest?

[00:00:00]Desh nu rollan wali sarkar murdabad murdabad murdabad even before the trade deal between India and the United States is finalised tremors are already being felt. Farmers are taking their opposition to the streets, hundreds of farmers from Punjab threatened to march to Delhi for a Kisan Mahapanchayat and were stopped on the way on the 21st of July. And now their station at the Shu border [Music] are made Heavy security their charge is clear The proposed India US trade deal could hurt Indian agriculture American farmers should gain while India's farmers pay the price We don't want a confrontation We had a one day Mahapanchayat to get the US deal cancelled There was no halt to be made We were going in a completely peaceful manner We did not have any tractor trolley But what is happening now is that the government itself wants to spoil the atmosphere and wants to raise the farmers' voice again Where did we go? We did it at Kisan Ghat.

[00:00:59]Farmers cannot go to Kisan Ghat and cannot even go to the capital of the country.

[00:01:04]What kind of democracy is this? Which country are you standing in? We have come from a different country.

[00:01:09]The Government is pushing back against the fears. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself as farmers that their interest will not be [music] sacrificed at the negotiating table. In all the free thread agreements that have been made, we will give priority to the interests of the farmers and will not allow any harm to happen to them.

[00:01:39]But the opposition Congress is now turning up the political heat.

[00:01:43]Around 750 of our farmers also died. Did you say a single word in the Parliament? Regretfully, at least I remember what a wonderful movement it was, maintaining so much discipline, dignity and respect of the country, they are asking what are being demanded, what are their rights, this is murder of democracy that first you do the trade deal and you neither talk to the stakeholders nor tell here, Trump is telling from there that we have done an agriculture trade deal with India in milk, fruits and vegetables, so the farmers are apprehensive that their income will end.

[00:02:20]When we cannot compete with them with such huge subsidies and quality at those prices, then you don't even talk to them.

[00:02:26]The Haryana government has downed the fire for now by agreeing to do so demanding the release of the detained leaders and talks to the Union Agriculture Minister. Farmers say now there are no places to move beyond the Shambhu border. A political battle between a government that claims farmers' interests are non-negotiable and protests lining up at the border of the capital. The deal is still being negotiated for the battle over who gets what and who pays has already become [music] [music]