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Thousands of farmers are taking out a foot march from Nashik to Mumbai. They plan to reach Mumbai and lay siege to the assembly.
Today Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis will meet the delegation of farmers taking out a foot march from Nashik to Mumbai for several demands including loan waiver and MSP on onions. This meeting will be held in Mumbai and concerned ministers and senior officials will also participate in it. During this, farmers will raise their demands in front of the government.
Ministers met on Wednesday night
The foot march of farmers and tribals had reached Thane district on Wednesday night. Here state government ministers Dada Bhuse and Atul Save had met the delegation of farmers. Former MLA Javi Gavit, who is leading the farmers, said that the ministers have given positive answers on 40% of our demands.
Mumbai’s Azad Maidan is 203 kilometers from Nashik’s Dindori. Farmers walk 25 kilometers everyday. While walking, they raise slogans in support of their demands.
Gavit told that the ministers invited him to hold talks with the CM and Deputy CM, so we will attend the meeting. But if we are not satisfied with the answers of the government, then our foot march will continue. We want the state government to take immediate steps to solve the problems of farmers and tribals.
Earlier the demand for meeting was turned down
Even on Wednesday, the CM had invited the farmers to come to Mumbai for talks, but then the farmers rejected their demand. According to media reports, the farmers were to have a meeting with the CM and Deputy CM on Tuesday, which was postponed by the government. The farmers were not happy with this and decided that they would not go to Mumbai to negotiate with the government.
After this, two ministers of the Maharashtra government came to Shahapur in Thane to talk to the farmers and invited the farmers to come to Mumbai and talk to the CM-Deputy CM, which the farmers accepted.
See the main demand of the farmers in the graphic
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