Farmers Movement Archive

More farmers leave for Delhi via Dhule & Nagpur

NASHIK: More farmers from the Nashik district and adjoining areas left for New Delhi on Saturday to extend support to the agitating farmers seeking the withdrawal of the new three agriculture laws introduced by the Centre. Enroute, they will halt at Dhule and Nagpur. The farmers from Nashik, Palghar and Ahmednagar districts gathered under the banner of the All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and began their journey to Dhule on Saturday. They will then leave for Nagpur and join the second fleet of ‘Maharashtra Vehicle Jattha’ and finally leave for Delhi on Monday. “After the first batch of farmers left Nashik on December 20, this is the second batch leaving from the district (and the state),” said Raju Desle of the AIKS. The Maharashtra Vehicle Jattha, that started its journey on December 20 from Nashik, has asked farmers in the state and the country to join the farmers from Punjab and Haryana who are braving the winter chill in New Delhi. The farmers coming from the various talukas of Nashik district — including Kalwan, Surgana and Peth region — where the CPM has a stronghold, and those coming from the Palghar district are in large numbers. “The government is fooling us under the name of development of farmers and agriculture. It is, in fact, laying the red carpet for the investors in agriculture. This will only lead to automation and mechanisation in the sector and throw out the farmers and agricultural workers from the sector,” said Shivaji Gangurde, one of the farmers who joined the morcha. The jattha that started from Nashik on Saturday is expected to reach Dhule late in the night. On Sunday, farmers will hold a rally in the town and start their journey towards Nagpur.

The Times of India

2021-01-03

Nashik