Hundreds of farmers today took part in a mock funeral procession of the BJP-led Government in Maharashtra to highlight its "failure" to address the issue of farm distress and inability to stop suicide by agriculturists.
The farmers, who had come from all over the State, assembled at the Central Maidan here at around noon and took out a mock funeral procession (tirdi morcha) of the BJP-led Government till the the District Collectorate.
They held placards condemning the Government for its "failure" to address the issue of farm distress and inability to stop peasant suicides in the State.
The protesters later assembled for a meeting, which was addressed by Ashok Dhavale, National Joint Secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha, which organised the morcha.
Dhavale said the Government has failed to pay heed to the demands of farmers, which is resulting in suicide by them.
He said the State was passing through difficult times and farmers were facing untold hardships due to "faulty" policies of the Government.
