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Farmers protest in Delhi demanding loan waivers and fair prices

On Day-1 of the protest, some 40,000 agitators held a mock parliament session and passed two bills

Farmer protest
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Farmer protest

Ankur B New Delhi
More than 60,000 farmers from180 agricultural organisations across the country gathered in Delhi, under the banner of All India Kisan Sangharsh Committee on November 20 and 21. They congregated at Parliament Street, demanding fair wages and loan waivers in Delhi over the past two days.

"Neither the PM nor any of his ministerial colleagues have cared to come to this historic Sansad and listen to the farmers", the organisers from the AIKSCC said.

The main demands of the farmers were to waive the loans standing against their names till November 20 and to ensure fair prices for their produce

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