At the Singhu border on the highway connecting the northern Indian state of Haryana with the capital city of Delhi, thousands of farmers have congregated in what has become the heart of the resistance against three new farm laws.
In September, the Indian Parliament passed the laws dismantling a system of government-regulated wholesale markets and middlemen and allowing farmers to sell directly to private firms.
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