Overview
- The state unit scheduled an Annadata Sangharsh Padyatra in Buldhana led by Harshwardhan Sapkal on a route from Manegaon to Jalgaon Jamod that ends at Durga Chowk.
- Congress expects about 5,000 participants and says the march will spotlight low crop prices, high input costs, and farmer suicides under BJP rule.
- Core demands include a blanket farm loan waiver, clearing 7/12 land records that show land ownership, and a legal Minimum Support Price that sets a floor price for crops.
- The party also seeks Rs 40,000 per acre per season as support, removal of GST on farm inputs, agro-processing units, caste certificates for tribal communities, and filled Zilla Parishad teacher posts.
- Leaders frame the padyatra as part of a sustained district-wise drive with two marches each month, after earlier events in Dharashiv, Beed, and Hingoli, while no official response has been reported.