In pictures: Indian farmers march to seek loan waivers
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In pictures: Indian farmers march to seek loan waiversFarmers rally in financial and entertainment capital Mumbai, demanding land ownership and farm loan waivers.
Farmers rally to demand better price for their produce and total waiver of agricultural loans, in Mumbai, India, November 22, 2018. / Reuters
November 22, 2018

Tens of thousands of farmers from western state of Maharashtra marched in Mumbai, India's financial, commercial, and entertainment capital, on Thursday to demand loan waivers and transfer of forest lands to villagers who have farmed there for decades.

It was the latest protest by farmers against a state government headed by right-wing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, which faces a general election in May and a handful of state polls in the coming weeks.

Indian farmers voted overwhelmingly for Modi in 2014. But a fall in rural incomes risks damaging that support next year.

According to The Times of India, a local daily, 2,917 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra alone in 2017.

SOURCE:TRTWorld and agencies
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