Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana stages demos against Farm bill
   Date :14-Nov-2020

Swabhimani Shetkari Sangh
 
The Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana workers staged a demonstration by celebrating Diwali festival on road at Samvidhan Square on Wednesday.
The Diwali with agitation was started by the workers under the leadership of Ravikant Tupkar by lighting lamps at Samvidhan square. Hundreds of workers from different districts in Vidarbha participated in the agitation and registered their protest against the Farm bill passed by the Central government. They demanded the Government to declare compensation of Rs 25,000 to the farmers badly affected with excessive rains in Vidarbha. The workers demanded the Government should prepare a policy to maintain support price of Soybean at Rs 6,000 per quintal; starting of cotton procurement centres in each tehsil before Diwali etc.
A rally started from Samvidhan square reached the residence of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. The agitators raised slogans ‘Farmer’s Diwali at the Door of Gadkari’. When the rally started marching towards Gadkari wada, police detained the workers.
Ravikant Tupkar and police had an arguments. The situation became tense for a while when police detained the workers.
Damodar Ingole, Rana Chandan, Amit Adhau, Dnyaneshwar Tale, Shyam Awathale, Dayal Raut, Ravi Padole, Pravin Mohol, Ankush Kadu, Balaji More, Amol Raut, Pavan Deshmukh, Sheikh Sharif, Sheikh Karim, Nitin Rajput, Pradeep Shelke, Sayyed Wasim, Rajesh Gavai, Datta Patil, Vijay Borade, Sahdev Lad, Sachin Shingote, Akash Malode, Ram Ambhore, Datta Jeughale, Rameshwar Pawar, Prafull Deshmukh, Atish Palaskar, Sudhakar Tayade, Rashid Patel,
Hari Ubarhande, Santosh Tevhakar, Sopan Khandare, Umesh Rajput and others participated in the demonstration.