In a sign that Mr. Modi’s government is considering its next shift, there was complete silence on Wednesday from the prime minister and his main political lieutenant, Amit Shah, the interior minister, who controls the police in Delhi.
The mood on Wednesday in Ghazipur, one of the main protest camps, was subdued but still determined. Many of the protesters, who had not been away from their families for weeks, returned to the daily rhythms that the vast and extensive tent cities developed – making tea, grilling snacks to provide thousands of food and washing clothes in temporary laundries.
“We are not going back – it is not in our genetic code,” said Ringhu Yaspal, 32. ‘Agriculture has turned into a slow poison. It’s better to fight here. ”
On stage among the protesters, speaker after speaker tried to pull them together to continue the fight.
“We should not give a message that we are tired, that we are going home,” Jagtar Singh Bajwa, a farm leader from Uttarakand, told several hundred listeners. “We will start all over again today, with full unity.”
Mr. Bajwa and others walked a fine line and supported those who ended up in the most violent parts of the march, while insisting on a path of non-violence and order.
“One farmer was tortured yesterday, and he is a martyr of a battle that is about saving the people, saving the country,” said another speaker, DP Singh. “The way to respect his memory is to eradicate the riotous elements and not allow them to disrupt this unrest.”