Farmers issue: Rajnath to lead protest in Yavatmal

Announcing this at a press conference in Nagpur, state BJP chief Nitin Gadkari said the protest against government failure will be held on August 9.

BJP President Rajnath Singh will lead a 24-hour sit-in protest at Yavatmal on August nine against the "failure" of the Central and state governments to prevent suicides by bankrupt farmers in the region.

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Announcing this at a press conference in Nagpur, state BJP chief Nitin Gadkari said the protest will start at 10 am on August nine.

Singh will be accompanied by senior party leader Gopinath Munde, Bhausaheb Phundkar, the Leader of Opposition in the state legislative council, Gadkari and other state leaders.

Singh, who had led a rally here on July 15 to the rise in prices of essential commodities, will now lead his party's protest against the failure of the state and Central governments to prevent suicides by farmers, Gadkari said.

Even after the announcement of a special package of Rs 3,750 crore by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his visit to the Vidarbha region on June 30, as many as 65 farmers had ended their lives since their problems had not been addressed, Gadkari claimed.