Maharashtra Farmers Call Off Protest As State Agrees To Demands | Read

The Devendra Fadnavis government of Maharashtra has agreed to the demands of thousands of protesting farmers who have been pouring into Mumbai for the last two days. The government has given its acceptance in writing, said state minister Chandrakant Patil, after a delegation of farmers met government representatives this afternoon. Mr Fadnavis said the Chief Secretary will so the follow up. Nearly 50,000 farmers, demanding loan waiver and updated minimum support price, assembled in Mumbai after a grueling 180-km, six-day march from Nashik, with plans to gherao the assembly. The protest was called off after the government's acceptance.