Overview
- Former minister Bachchu Kadu’s ‘Maha Elgar’ led highway blockades and tractor marches in Maharashtra, pressing for full loan waivers, a legal MSP, and soybean procurement by NAFED.
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said distribution has begun from a Rs 32,000 crore package, framing it as targeted aid rather than blanket debt forgiveness, with crop damage cited across 29 districts and about 68 lakh hectares.
- Traffic on the Nagpur–Hyderabad NH‑44 was halted as protesters demanded talks in Nagpur, while a stone‑pelting incident on a collector’s car in Parbhani led to one arrest and viral images showed devastated soybean fields in Latur.
- In Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a Muzaffarpur rally to condemn Bhojpuri campaign tracks that celebrate a prospective ‘Yadav raj’ and reference weapons, warning they evoke memories of ‘jungle‑raj’.
- The songs, popularized from Bhagalpur, have drawn police attention and sharpened partisan messaging, with the BJP calling them ‘gundagardi’ and RJD supporters casting them as expressions of social justice in a closely fought contest.