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Maharashtra farmers protest: 7,500 farmers reach Nashik, march to Mumbai from today - Zeeshan Shaikh

-The Indian Express The march is set to end on February 27 at the state Legislative Assembly in Mumbai, when the Budget Session would be in progress. Nashik: Tribals, landless agriculturalists and small farmers converged in Nashik on Wednesday for their second “long march” to Mumbai since March last year. In small contingents, they arrived from places like Peint, Trimbakeshwar, Kalwan, Palghar and adjoining areas, getting off their dust-covered vehicles 8 to...

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Not satisfied by Maharashtra CM's assurances, farmers to go ahead with march

-The Indian Express The farmers would go ahead with the march from Nashik to Mumbai as planned on February 20. They will reach Mumbai on February 27 during the Budget Session of the state legislature. The Budget Session is slated to begin on February 25. Mumbai: Even as Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tried to allay the concerns of farmers in a two-hour meeting on Sunday, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) said...

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Maharashtra farmers set for Long March, again -TV Jayan

-The Hindu Business Line Not satisfied with CM Fadnavis’ promises, ryots to renew protest, walk from Nashik to Mumbai starting tomorrow Over one lakh farmers across Maharashtra would march from Nashik to Mumbai from Wednesday in a repeat of their much-talked-about ‘Long March’ last year as the talks between farmer leaders and state government officials remained inconclusive on Sunday. The farmers, who would cover nearly 165 kilometres over eight days to reach Mumbai...

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Budget allocation for agrarian welfare is utter betrayal to farmers: Kisan Sabha -Pratyaksh Srivastava

-The Indian Express "It was felt that the BJP's defeat in the recent state elections might force it to take some concrete steps in the budget on these issues. Sadly, it hasn't happened and has disappointed farmers again," said Ajit Nawale, Maharashtra general secretary of All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS). New Delhi: Criticising the central government’s cash dole of Rs 6,000 per year to small farmers, the All India Kisan Sabha...

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Why 2019 could be first Lok Sabha election to be fought on farmers' issues -Yogendra Yadav

-ThePrint.in Not BJP or Congress, farmers are setting their own agenda for 2019 elections. Has the farmers’ movement finally arrived at the centre stage of national politics in India? And, can 2019 be the first Lok Sabha election to be fought mainly on farmers’ issues? I asked myself these questions sitting at the stage of Kisan Mukti March at the Parliament Street last week. Tens of thousands of farmers from all over the...

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