-The Telegraph mumbai: The blistered foot rattled India's financial capital so badly that it had to sit up and engage with those it had been taking for granted for so long. The BJP-led government in Maharashtra has "accepted" the demands of farmers hours after 35,000 of them, many barefooted, marched on mumbai, braving the blazing sun for nearly a week and walking 180km. The farmers then decided to end their agitation. The key...
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Why Tens of Thousands of Maharashtra?s Farmers Are Marching Their Way to mumbai -Parth MN
-TheWire.in Protesting farmers are planning to encircle the assembly and press for demands they feel the government has betrayed them on: crop prices, a loan waiver, forest rights, procurement and more. Shankar Waghere flings his plastic bag on the ground and hunches over on his wooden cane to gather his breath. Then he kneels down, panting, and closes his eyes. They remain shut for the next 15 minutes. It’s been a lot...
More »Fadnavis under pressure as 50,000 farmers, tribals march towards mumbai -Rahul Wadke
-The Hindu Business Line Seek complete loan waiver and implementation of Forest Rights Act, among other demands mumbai: Over 50,000 farmers and tribals associated with All Indian Kisan Sabha (AIKS) of the CPI (M) are likely to reach mumbai on Monday for participating in a rally against the Fadnavis Government. Complete loan waiver for the farmers and implementation of the Forest Rights Act are some of the important demands of the agitators. The...
More »Plagued by Promises, Furious Farmers of Maharashtra are Pounding on the CM's Door -Jaideep Hardikar
-News18.com The 180-km protest march, christened the ‘Long March of Farmers’, steered by the Maharashtra unit of the CPM’s farmers’ wing, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), is the latest in a string of farmers’ protests Maharashtra has seen in a year. More than 30,000 farmers and tribals from across Maharashtra are currently marching to mumbai from Nashik. They intend to surround Mantralaya, the state’s seat of power, when they reach the...
More »mumbai on tenterhooks as 12,000 farmers reach doorstep -Manoj Badgeri
-The Times of India Unmindful of the scorching heat, nearly 12,000 farmers walked 180km over more than four days and landed at mumbai’s doorstep, Thane, on Saturday evening. On Sunday, they plan to march into mumbai, where an equal number of farmers is expected to join in. The farmers on Monday will troop into south mumbai and gherao the Vidhan Bhavan to demand a complete loan waiver, remunerative prices for agricultural...
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