Nashik:-
Thousands of farmers in Maharashtra started a March from Nashik to Mumbai, protesting what they called government's anti-farmer police. The farmers are demanding "complete wavier of loan, fair pay, giving them the adivasi land for farming".
This rally was started on Wednesday eveing in Nashik at CBS Chowk. They planned to reach Mumbai till 12 and go to the Vidhan Sabh.
"We want the state government to refrain from forceful acquisition of farm lands in the name of development projects like the super highway and tracks for bullet trains," said Raju Desle, the secretary of All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), the farmers' group organising the march.
The Maharashtra Government is continuously in pressure by the protesters because they have not honour the assurance given to the farmers wavier of 34,000 crore in June last year.
"Since June last year 1,753 framers have killed themselves" said by Raju Desle.
The Maharashtra government has sent a memorandum to the Centre seeking a financial assistance of Rs 2,400 crore for pink bollworm attacks on cotton crops and damage to crops caused by hailstorms and unseasonal rain," Agriculture Minister Pandurang Fundkar told Press Trust of India. The centre is yet to release the funds.
Mumbai:-
This rally was started with 25,000 framers in Nashik on Wednesday to complete 180km and go to Mumbai.
Today in midnight they have reached Mumbai after completing 180km. Government's has done arrangement for them in Azad Maidan. Before reaching at Azad Maidan they have camped KJ somaiya.
A huge crowd of 50,000 people reached at Azad Maidan at 5 am today.
The organisers said that around 15,000 people have joined the rally in just one day.
Last evening, as the procession teemed into Mumbai, Girish Mahajan, senior minister in the cabinet of Devendra Fadnavis, welcomed the march at Mulund in suburban Mumbai. "We are sad that farmers have come all the way to protest," he said, adding that the government, which has met some earlier demands, will consider the fresh wish-list.
The opposition Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Shiv Sena, which is part of the ruling alliance, have extended support to the farmers' demands. Shiv Sena leader Aditya Thackeray met the farmers yesterday. But the farmers are not happy. They want the Sena to speak as representatives of the government and not as a political party.
Ashok Dhawle, president of the AIKS, said 50,000 people have joined the protests and the number will grow on Monday. Assuring that the protests will not disturb the city, he said, "We will begin our rally after 11 am so that students appearing for their Class 10 board exam don't face any difficulties".
According to the Government's sources they will not allow the protesters to go any further then Azad Maidan. But the farmers said that the rally is not going to stop. Let's see what is going to happen!!!
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