To waive off Farm loans, workers protest by spilling milk in Banaskantha

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Today in Banaskantha around 500 people gathered outside Milk dairy and protested by spilling milk in Sallal village of Palanpur. In Sabarkantha, to waive off Farm loans, Farmers and Thakorsena workers protest by spilling milk in Talod.

As a response to the move in Ahmedabad, farmers to waive off farm loan, Thakorsena protested by spilling milk at SG highway, OBC leader Alpesh Thakor and more than 10 workers were detained.

UP Uttar Pradesh government’s waiver of farmer loans followed by Maharashtra government to waive off farm loans worth Rs 34,000 crores, repercussions in Gujarat also took place. Even Tamil Nadu farmers protested in Delhi.

The Karnataka government has agreed farm loan waivers worth Rs8,165 crore, or up to Rs50,000 per farmer borrowed from cooperative banks.

Farmers rushed on the roads and spill milk as a mark of protest.