Overview

• Congress held coordinated protests across Maharashtra on 3 October demanding urgent aid for farmers hit by heavy rains and floods.
• The demands include a wet‑drought declaration, Rs 50,000 per hectare as immediate assistance, a blanket loan waiver, waiver of pending electricity bills, and compensation for land lost to erosion.
• Protesters also sought crop‑specific payouts of Rs 1 lakh per hectare for cotton and Rs 2.5 lakh per hectare for soybean, plus a special package for soybean growers in Chandrapur.
• Chandrapur MP Pratibha Dhanorkar led a blockade of the Nagpur–Chandrapur highway at Varora, while MP Kalyan Kale led a demonstration at the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar collector’s office.
• Demonstrations were reported in Akola, Amravati, Buldhana, Nagpur Rural, Jalna, Latur, Wardha, Ratnagiri, and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, with the party alleging government inaction and citing damage across over 50 lakh hectares.