Overview
- A CPI(M)–AIKS delegation secured written assurances after meetings with five ministers and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
- The government will permit statewide re-examination of forest land claims, with SDO-headed committees acting on village reports and the two proofs required under the Forest Rights Act.
- Thousands of re-examination applications were filed at Khardi, Shahapur taluka, and the Nashik district collector visited the site on Friday to accept them.
- The march drew farmers, labourers and fisherfolk from Nashik, Palghar and Thane under the banner of CPI(M) and the All India Kisan Sabha.
- The coalition’s platform spanned forest and land rights, jobs and services under MGNREGA, objections to the Vadhavan and Murbe ports, scrapping of smart meters, and PESA implementation, with outcomes now contingent on administrative follow-through.