Letter to BS: Farmers call off Mumbai protest after govt agrees to demands

The farmers represented people's power at its best and their legitimate demands resonated with the people

This is with reference to the report “Demands met, farmers call off Mumbai protest” (March 13). The long and arduous march undertaken by the poor farmers was a success. It drew attention towards their plight and persuaded the Maharashtra government to accede to some of their demands. It won huge popular support despite the Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) attempt to denigrate it as a political stunt and as a communist conspiracy. One wishes that the BJP would reinvent itself as a party of workers and farmers. The farmers, most of whom were adivasis, represented people’s power at its best. Their