Narinder Nanu | AFP | Getty ImagesNEW DELHI — Farmers in India's Punjab state are raising the pitch of their ongoing protests, as the second phase of India's general elections starts Friday.
Thousands of farmers continue to drum up support for their demands, foremost being a legal guarantee for minimum support prices for their produce.
A Lokniti-CSDS survey earlier this month showed 59% of the respondents found the farmers' demands "genuine," while 16% deemed the protests a "conspiracy" against the government.
CNBC did not immediately receive a response from India's Agriculture Ministry on queries pertaining to the farmers' demands.
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