Non-violent protest: Farmers to mark International Yoga Day with shavasana

Protests likely to spread to Rajasthan this week

To highlight agrarian distress, farmer unions plan to mark the International Day of Yoga on June 21 by performing shavasana, or the corpse pose, across the country. On the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to be in Lucknow and perform yoga with an estimated 50,000 people.

Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan chief Shiv Kumar 'Kakkaji' said 62 farmer unions will block national highways for three hours on June 16. In New Delhi, farmer union leaders and supporters plan to visit Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat on that day.

"Our non-violent movement will continue. But, yes we want to tell people across