250M people participate in nationwide strike in India

This is what democracy looks like

For the Western audience, tl;dr is that these reforms will allow free market to decide the price. This has made a lot of people very mad who had their own monopoly. Farmers do have legitimate concerns about predatory pricing by private institutions but as a whole, the agriculture employs 45% of the country's population and contributes a measly 14% or so to the economy. There's a big problem of hidden unemployment in India and farmers almost always get the bottom end of the stick.

BJP (the current ruling party) has a history of having good ideas but implementing them in the worst and most authoritarian manner possible. But these will be passed if the past is any indication.

Edit: I wonder precisely which inaccuracy tipped off some people.

Did you read the article or simply took a look at the images?

Even though Indian Economy is about 16% agri, 60% of the population is dependent on Agriculture. Any kind of Agricultural reforms will have reaction at this scale whether the fears are real or perceived.