The farmers' long march from Nashik to Mumbai will continue after their leaders' late-night parleys with Maharashtra government to address their demands remained inconclusive, the organisers of the march said on Thursday.
Farmers have embarked on a 180-kilometer march from Nashik to Mumbai for the second time in the last 12 months to protest against what they termed as the "betrayal" of peasants by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led governments at the state and centre.
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The Kisan Long March-2, expected to take over nine days to complete, is being organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-backed All India Kisan Sabha. The march could not be taken out on Wednesday as police stopped many farmers from reaching Nashik, the AIKS claimed.
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Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan met some AIKS representatives in Nashik on Wednesday night. "We held talks with the minister for over three hours. The government appeared positive to 80 percent of our demands. The minister said he would speak to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis first," AIKS president Ashok Dhawale said.
Dhawale said Mahajan informed AIKS representatives that the assurances would be given in writing. "The AIKS has decided to go ahead with the march beginning Thursday morning till the government does so," he added.
Dhawale said police were also present during the meeting with Mahajan. “They (police) are not going to stop the farmers now,” he added. Mahajan could not be reached for comment.
The AIKS has accused the government of not fulfilling assurances given to farmers last year after they marched between the two cities, seeking farm loan waiver, minimum support price for crops, irrigation facilities and provision of pension to agriculturists.
The AIKS also said it is opposed to the multi-billion dollar Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project which has seen several farmers along the proposed route approach court against land acquisition.
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