Tycoons Adani and Ambani caught in Indian crossfire over farming
Two of India's richest men are under fire from farmers as potential beneficiaries of new farm legislation that removes a government price guarantee from agricultural produce.
Indian farmers have been protesting from months against new agricultural laws they decry as discriminatory. Getty
Bhuma Shrivastava, Bibhudatta Pradhan and P R Sanjai
Two of India's richest men have landed in an unlikely controversy over farming laws, becoming targets of protesters who allege the tycoons have benefited from their close links to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
For weeks, tens of thousands of farmers have camped outside the nation's capital, demanding the withdrawal of recently passed legislation they say, without evidence, was designed to allow billionaires such as Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani to enter farming.
