BJP protests in Latur against MVA government on farmer issues

The opposition BJP on Thursday took out a protest march in Nilanga town of Maharashtra’s Latur district to condemn the “anti-farmer” policies of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. Party members took out a symbolic ‘Anti Yatra’ (‘Anti Yatra’) of the MVA government to protest its decision to cut electricity connections to farmers for non-payment of pending bills.

The procession was led by former Maharashtra minister and Nilanga MLA Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar. Farmers from several villages in Nilanga constituency joined the protest and raised slogans against the Shiv Sena-led MVA government.

Later, speaking at a rally organized as part of the agitation, Patil Nilangekar said the government was expected to help the farmers who had suffered crop damage due to heavy rains in the district a few months back. However, instead of helping the farmers, the government has devised a new policy of cutting power supply of agricultural pumps as part of the drive to recover pending bills, the BJP leader said.