Overview
- On day two of the Nagpur session, Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders including Vijay Wadettiwar, Aaditya Thackeray and Shashikant Shinde rallied on the Vidhan Bhavan steps demanding a complete farm loan waiver.
- Opposition leaders alleged delayed soybean procurement forced sales at about Rs 4,000 per quintal against the Rs 5,328 MSP and said procurement centres have yet to open.
- They also criticized a zero import duty on cotton and delays in paddy bonus payments, claiming these moves hurt domestic growers.
- Leaders cited reports of farmer suicides averaging eight per day to argue the government has not delivered meaningful relief.
- An official circular tightened entry at the legislature with strict verification, session-only passes, one PS plus one SDO plus one assistant per minister, departmental caps of 30 officials and 20 staff, and police instructed to admit only valid pass holders.