About 30,000 farmers in India's western state of Maharashtra are currently on a protest march to demand loan waiver, implementation of government commissions report on farmers and compensation for crop damage. Led by farmer's outfit Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha (All…
The march comes on the heels of a rise in farmers' suicides in the South Asian country. Nearly 35,000 farmers in India continued Sunday their 180-km long march in the southwestern state of Maharashtra demanding agrarian reform from the government of right-wing Bhartiya Janta Party, BJP. The…
Around 30,000 farmers, led by the Maharashtra unit of the farmers’ outfit, Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha (ABKS), are marching towards Mumbai to block access to the state legislature building from Monday until their demands are met. The farmers’ march, which…
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Uneasy days lie ahead for Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis as farmers in huge numbers will enter Mumbai on Monday under the banner of Akhil India Kisan Sabha, the CPM farmers' wing to protest against the failure of the state…
The Shiv Sena has extended support to the farmers’ ‘long march’ currently underway against the BJP government, organisers said today. Ajit Nawale of the All India Kisan Sabha, which has organised the march, told PTI that senior Sena leader and…
Rattled by the sight of several thousand farmers marching to gherao Mantralaya -- the secretariat -- on Monday, the Maharashtra government has asked the police and law enforcement agencies to let them enter Mumbai unhindered. On Saturday, 25,000-30,000 farmers entered…
Protesting against the Maharashtra government’s “anti-farmer” policies, more than 30,000 farmers from across the state of Maharashtra are marching from Nashik to Mumbai demanding a complete loan waiver from the state government. The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) protest has reached…
Thousands of farmers in Maharashtra are marching from Nashik to Mumbai, demanding a complete waiver of loans and electricity bills, NDTV reported on Thursday. They are also demanding the implementation of the Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations on providing minimum support prices…
The 180-km long protest march that was started by the Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha (ABKS) from Nashik is all set to reach the Mantralaya in Mumbai on March 12. The farmers, who have been perennially upset about the BJP government's…