Maharashtra farmers call off stir

Mumbai: Agitating farmers in Maharashtra called off their two-day strike following Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' assurance to review the milk rates by June 20 and offering loan waiver to small land holders and reprieve in power bills. The farmers of Puntamba, a small village of Pune district, from where the agitation started, claimed that their 70 per cent demands have been accepted.

The withdrawal of strike was announced after a four-hour-long discussion between the farmers and the Chief Minister late last night. However, the farmers of Nashik are still agitating with a section claiming that the Chief Minister is trying to divide the agitation. There is a section of farmers demanding complete loan waiver, but that demand has been ruled out by Mr Fadnavis. (UNI)