Massive AIKS Peasant Rally on Second Day Marches on Foot down Kasara Ghat, Delegation Proceeds for Talks with CM The massive AIKS-led rally of over 12,000 peasants and 1,000 vehicles from 20 districts of Maharashtra descended Kasara Ghat on foot on the way towards Mumbai, on the second day of the "Vehicle Long March" from Akole to Mumbai. AIKS President Ashok Dhawale, General Secretary Vijoo Krishnan, Joint Secretary Ajit Nawale, State President Yashwant Zade, State Secretary Umesh Deshmukh, State Vice President Vinod Nikole, MLA, and others are leading the rally. The Vehicle Long March has now halted at Shahapur in Thane district. The AIKS state delegation is on its way to the Government's Sahyadri Guest House at Malabar Hill in Mumbai at the CM's invitation, to compel the state government to address the pressing demands of farmers, including adequate relief for drought-hit farmers, immediate payment of crop insurance compensation, ₹2 lakh loan waiver for farmers who have regularly repaid their loans, land titles for those cultivating forest, pasture, temple trust, and homestead land, fair wages and social security for rural workers and scheme workers, and the resumption of financial assistance to Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana and Ladli Behna beneficiaries.

Madhya Pradesh: AARM and CPI(M) Extend Solidarity with the Struggle of Adivasis and Villagers in Panna and Chhatarpur Over 50,000 people, 60% of them Adivasis, face displacement in Panna and Chhatarpur districts due to multiple dam projects and the Ken-Betwa River Link Project, being implemented in flagrant violation of the Forest Rights Act and the LARR Act, 2013. AARM and CPI(M) leaders Brinda Karat, Dulichand Meena, Jaswinder Singh and Ram Narayan Kuraria visited several villages over two days to express solidarity with the struggle led by Jai Kisan Sangathan. The delegation was joined by Amit Bhatnagar, leader of the struggle, who recently ended his 28-day hunger strike and faces several false cases. They visited 24-year-old Dalit woman leader Divya Ahirwar in Panna jail, who has been arrested on the false charge of attempt to murder. The delegation addressed the residents of Bahnanri Tapariyan in the Ajaygarh region, where families affected by the Majhgawan and Runjh projects are continuing the Chita (Funeral Pyre) Andolan through symbolic demonstrations involving funeral pyres and nooses around their necks, as well as Jal Satyagraha. The slogan of the movement is “Nyay do ya Maar do”. Rising water levels are threatening their homes and farmland, while eligible families have been excluded from compensation lists and face delays in resettlement.

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