This protest movement by farmers is the longest mobilization since the country's independence 75 years ago.

Negotiations between the unions and the government have stalled.

And on the eve of crucial regional elections in the north of the country, these laws, now suspended but not repealed, are a thorn in the side for the ruling Nationalist-Hindu party.

A call for a national strike was launched Monday, September 27 across the country, one year to the day after the adoption of this reform. 

A program prepared by Olivia Bizot.

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