AgricultureReliance seeks court help over vandalism amid India farm protests
Farmers' group says Ambani among big winners of corporate agriculture
Farmers hold effigies of Mukesh Ambani, Narendra Modi and Gautam Adani, from left to right, in Amritsar, India. The protesting farmers claim that new agricultural laws favor large companies. © Getty Images
ROSEMARY MARANDI, Contributing writer
January 6, 2021 17:24 JST
MUMBAI -- India's leading conglomerate Reliance Industries, run by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has become the latest target of monthslong protests by farmers against the country's new agriculture laws, which they fear may leave them at the mercy of large companies that might be looking to enter the agribusiness sector.