Maharashtra farmers set for long march 2.0 as demands remain unfulfilled

The farmers are demanding that loans be waived, minimum support prices be set at cost plus 50% and the implementation of the Forest Rights Act

Less than a year after the Kisan long march from Nasik to Mumbai, farmers, tribals and landless labourers will once again be protesting on the same route. Organised by the CPI(M)-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), the protest march will begin in Nasik on February 20 and conclude in Mumbai on February 27.

According to the AIKS, the number of protestors – at 80,000 – is likely to be twice as much as last year.

“The march is going to be bigger than last year. The numbers are more and the days of the protest are also more,” said Ajit