Farmers protest in Delhi for farm loan waivers, fair prices for crops – Livemint

Thousands of farmers from across India gathered in the national capital on Monday to press demands for fair crop prices and loan waivers, returning the spotlight to prevailing agrarian distress.

The demonstrators marched to Delhi’s Parliament Street after which they organized a women farmers’ parliament in which participants narrated the ordeal posed by rising debt, falling crop prices and suicides in their families.

A ‘kisan sansad’, or farmers’ parliament, comprising members from over 25 states, also appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to end rural distress.

“We are holding a ‘kisan mukti sansad’ (farmers’ relief parliament) to deliberate on laws that would give effect to two minimum demands of farmers of the country,” read an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), a coalition of 184 farmer unions which participated in the protest.

Source: Farmers protest in Delhi for farm loan waivers, fair prices for crops – Livemint