
NEW DELHI, India, Mar 01 (IPS) – Sanjay Kapoor is editor of Delhi’s Hardnews magazine and General Secretary of the Editors Guild of India.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not really like attending parliament – except on special occasions. Budget session was one such occasion. Unsurprisingly, he tried to reach out to farmers still protesting at the border of the capital Delhi, against his government’s new farm laws.

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