Tamil Nadu farmers in Delhi protest over loan waivers, say 'rain or sun, they won’t stop'
FP Staff
• July 18, 2017, 10:24:35 IST
Scores of Tamil Nadu farmers landed in Delhi to resume their agitation for loan waiver and drought-relief package on Sunday.
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Scores of Tamil Nadu farmers, who had grabbed eyeballs with their unique protest earlier in the year, landed at New Delhi to resume their agitation for loan waiver and drought-relief package on Sunday. PTI
The farmers, clad in green loin cloth, demonstrated with the skulls of their peers and two bottles of poison. P Ayyakkannu, the leader of the group of farmers said that, “Rain or sun, our agitation will not stop,” PTI
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The farmers tried to stage a demonstration near the prime minister's residence on Lok Kalyan Marg. They were, however, detained by the police. PTI
They have been demanding a drought relief package of Rs 40,000 crore, farm loan waiver and setting up of Cauvery Management Board by the Centre. PTI
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