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India: Thousands of farmers demonstrate in Delhi against GM crops, anti-farmer policies
![Modi government targeted for “pushing for unneeded, unwanted and unsafe GMOs in farming” - GMWatch Modi government targeted for “pushing for unneeded, unwanted and unsafe GMOs in farming” - GMWatch](/typo3temp/_processed_/sosnews_w150_RVsexs9hxMPccbyk9XhaxmMVH7U3nYXePPcaCbHQ.jpg)
Thousands of farmers have taken to the streets in a Kisan Maha Panchayat (farmer meeting) in Delhi, India, in protest at the Modi government’s anti-farmer policies, which include uncritically promoting open field trials of GM crops.
There is some speculation in India that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition, led by Narendra Modi (now prime minister), may have come to power with the help of generous funding of their election campaign by the GMO lobby. It is said that this may explain their conversion to the pro-GMO cause.
Though there appears to be little transparency in political funding in India, we hope the Modi government will move to allay fears of corruption by publishing full details of its election campaign funding.
- GMWatch: Thousands of farmers demonstrate in Delhi against GM crops, anti-farmer policies
- navdanya: 21 new varieties of genetically modified (GM) crops approved for field trials by the Narendra Modi Government
- Reuters: Modi bets on GM crops for India's second green revolution
- Chief Justice HL Dattu calls GM crops dangerous global experiment - timesofindia-economictimes
- Say No to Genetic Engineering | Greenpeace India