Overview
- The Nagpur bench took suo motu notice and told Bachchu Kadu’s supporters to vacate Wardha Road by 6 pm, citing blocked ambulances and access to the airport and the National Cancer Institute, with the next hearing on November 6.
- Protest organizers said they would comply and court arrest, and after late-night talks with state emissaries they agreed to send a delegation to meet Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, even as the sit-in continued into the evening.
- Kadu’s demands include an immediate, unconditional farm loan waiver, Rs 6,000 support for soybean, and a 20% bonus on every crop, arguing recent relief has been inadequate or slow.
- Fadnavis urged dialogue over disruptions, reiterated a roughly Rs 32,000 crore relief package for rain-hit farmers, and said a committee is examining loan-waiver options while warning against ‘rail roko’ actions.
- Kadu threatened to escalate to train blockades if no decision follows the meeting; turnout figures for the ‘Maha Elgar Morcha’ ranged from tens of thousands to Kadu’s claim of up to 1.5 lakh.