The recent massive agitation by Maharashtra's farmers in Nagpur under the leadership of Omprakash Babarao ‘Bachchu’ Kadu. The maverick politician who heads the Prahar Janshakti Party, a small but effective political force in pockets of west Vidarbha, has suddenly enlivened the long-dead agrarian bellicosity that was the hallmark of Maharashtra's farming community under the leadership of the late Sharad Joshi.
A huge gathering of over 10,000 farmers brought Nagpur to a virtual halt on Tuesday and Wednesday, forcing the Devendra Fadnavis government to announce the deferment of loan recovery from farmers till June 30, 2026, and set up a committee to discuss ways and means to pull farmers out of a debt trap.
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Fadnavis forced to act
The decision was taken in a meeting between Fadnavis and farmers' leaders Kadu, Mahadev Jankar,
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