The protesters have repeatedly rebuffed Modi and his ministers' attempts to reach a compromise, in what has become the biggest challenge from the country's farmers in his six-year rule. On Wednesday, a 65-year-old Sikh priest committed suicide at one of the protest sites. Modi, whose security detail often keeps him far away from the general public, prayed at the Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib, interacted with Sikh religious leaders there and obliged visitors seeking to take pictures with him. The temple near the Parliament House was where Sikh saint Guru Teg Bahadur was cremated. "I felt extremely blessed," Modi said on Twitter.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 20, 2020 06:33 UTC