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In the meeting, the AIKS leaders discussed each of the 15 demands raised by them. The long march was originally supposed to start from Nashik about 6 pm on Wednesday but was delayed as a result of the talks with Mahajan. “We assured the farmers that we would discuss the issues with CM Fadnavis and will try to fulfil them in three months,” Mahajan said.On Wednesday, too, Mahajan had held a meeting with the AIKS leaders for two-and-a-half hours. The ministers held discussions over the issues raised by the farmer leaders, finally giving a written assurance that the government would look at settling the issues positively.The farmers had halted their march to allow the meeting to happen following a request from the government. NASHIK/MUMBAI: The state succeeded in making the leaders of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) call off their long march after 20,000 farmers, many of them landless peasants and tribals, had set off for Mumbai from the MSRTC bus terminus here on Thursday, the second day of the protest.Water resources minister Girish Mahajan and tourism minister Jay Kumar Raval met the AIKS leaders for over five hours in the evening at Ambebahula, around 15 km from here..