NEW DELHI, 23 November 2021, (TON): Flushed with victory after Prime Minister Narendra Modi caved into demands for agricultural reform laws to be repealed, Indian farmers held a mass rally to demand minimum support prices be extended to all produce, not just rice and wheat.

The protest movement launched by farmers more than a year ago became the most serious political challenge to the government, and resulted in Modi making a surprise commitment to roll back the reforms.

Thousands gathered for the latest rally in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, where Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party will seek to hold onto power in state elections due early next year.

They turned their attention to minimum support prices (MSP), which were a side issue in the agricultural reform laws.

Joginder Singh Ugrahan, a prominent farmers' leader, said in an address to about 5,000 farmers waving flags of various farmer and labour organisations "our battle is only half won.”

He said "ensuring that the government makes a law MSP is a big issue for all of us."

He further said "our protests will end once the government passes the law on MSP."