Farmer bodies unite for protest March to mark one month of Mandsaur firing

March to pass through 6 states, end in Delhi, farmers to press for fair price, loan waivers

Representatives from almost 200 small and big farmers' organisations have decided to organize a march from Mandsaur - the place where five farmers were killed in police firing earlier this month-on July 6.

The march, which will be held to commemorate one month of police firing on agitating farmers in Mandsaur will pass through Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana before culminating in a rally in capital Delhi on July 18.

The farmers are demanding among other things right price for their produce on the lines of recommendations made by the M S Swaminathan Committee, a waiver of farm