The strike has adversely affected supplies of vegetables and milk to wholesale markets across the state and led to an increase in prices. On Saturday, the state government announced a farm loan waiver of Rs 30,000 crore, the biggest such write-off for farmers in the state yet. At Barsi talulka in western Maharashtra, farmer Gahininath Parshuram Raut lodged a police complaint, saying: “On June 3, I set out with my fresh farm vegetables towards Agriculture Produce Market Committee. They destroyed my vegetables.”Several farmers said the Congress and NCP, which controlled the agri markets, were exploiting them to serve their politics. However, a state NCP leader, requesting anonymity, said: “We are not in favour of destroying anybody’s farm produce.”For all the latest India News, download Indian Express App

Source: Indian Express June 04, 2017 21:56 UTC