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Unions to protest disinvestment drive, Farmers plan stir for loan waiver

Protests to culminate at Parliament during winter session, major political parties told to keep off

Farmers protest, farmers in Solapur, Maharashtra
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Farmers during a protest in Solapur, Maharashtra, earlier this week. Photo: PTI

Archis Mohan New Delhi
Disinvestment and farmer issues could soon spark a protest melee across the country. 
 
On Tuesday, 10 central trade unions will meet in the capital to finalise their nationwide protests against the Narendra Modi government’s disinvestment policies. A day later, over 60 farmer organisations will hold protests in several districts to demand the government implement the M S Swaminathan commission’s report, deliver on its poll promise of farmers getting one-and-a-half times’ price for their produce and announce a countrywide farm debt waiver.
 
Trade unions and farmer organisations plan to launch protests that would culminate at Parliament during its winter