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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Will Maharashtra sugarcane farmers continue to protest despite Chavan's appeal? -Surabhi Malik

Will Maharashtra sugarcane farmers continue to protest despite Chavan's appeal? -Surabhi Malik

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published Published on Nov 14, 2012   modified Modified on Nov 14, 2012
-NDTV

Sangli, Maharashtra: Sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra, who have been protesting since last week to demand better prices for their produce, will meet today to decide on how they want to continue their agitation.

Yesterday, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan met the farmers and appealed to them to call off their protests. The Chief Minister reportedly also urged the farmers not to resort to violence and told them that the prices of sugarcane would be determined only after a discussion in the state assembly during the upcoming winter session. After the meeting, the leader of the delegation that met the CM said the talks were inconclusive and hence their agitation would continue.

The protests turned violent on Monday after police arrested Raju Shetti, MP and chief of Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana. Mr Shetti has been leading the farmers' agitation that has rattled the sugar lobby of western Maharashtra, allegedly controlled mostly by Nationalist Congress Party and Congress politicians.

His detention sparked large-scale violence on Monday with protesting farmers torching two state transport buses and a police jeep in Pune district. Violent protests were also reported from other parts of western Maharashtra. One farmer was killed in Sangli, the epicenter of the agitation, when police opened fire to control a crowd of farmland activists. In Kohlapur, another farmer was killed when a truck ran over him during an agitation.

Though the situation is normal in most parts of western Maharashtra today, uneasy calm continues in Sangli district.

Team Kejriwal member Kumar Vishwas is expected to meet Raju Shetti in Pune's Yerawada Jail today. Activist turned Kejriwal is also likely to meet him soon.

Senior Congress leader Patangrao Kadam visited the family of one of deceased farmers yesterday. He has ordered an investigation into the police firing that led to his death.

(With inputs from Agencies)

NDTV, 14 November, 2012, http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/will-maharashtra-sugarcane-farmers-continue-protests-despite-chavan-s-appeal-292101?pfrom=home-otherstories


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