Farmers’ Sansad demands loan waiver, remunerative prices | Business Line

Tens of thousands of farmers from all over the country on Monday hit Parliament Street to put pressure on the Modi government to give in to their long-standing demands of farm loan waivers and remunerative prices for their produce.

The farmers, belonging to different farmer organisations, came to the venue by marching from Ramlila Maidan. Many farmer leaders said there was an overwhelming response with a large number of farmers turning up for the protest meet, organised by All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee, an umbrella organisation over 180 farmer groups.

“We were expecting only 8,000 members of our organisation to participate. But there are at least 11,000 our members at the meeting,” said a leader of All India Kisan Sabha, a CPI (M)-affiliated farmer union, which sent the largest contingent of farmers to the protest meeting, known as Kisan Mukti Sansad.

Source: Farmers’ Sansad demands loan waiver, remunerative prices | Business Line