Nashik to Mumbai farmers march: Police detain participants ahead of second ‘Long March’

Mumbai | Tuesday | 19th February, 2019

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The All India Kisan Sabha which is planning to undertake a second “Long March” of farmers from Nashik to Mumbai to press for their demands. There is dissent among the farmers,” the AIKS had said in a statement on February 5 when it announced the second march. The Maharashtra police has initiated a crackdown on participants of the proposed farmers’ march which is to begin Wednesday. The farmers’ “long march” had been called by Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha (ABKS) which is affiliated to the CPI (M). Watch video: Why farmers in Maharashtra are protesting“A year has passed, but the government has not executed the promises it made..