Overview

• The NCP-SP MLA began the symbolic fast around 9 a.m. at the main gate of the Jagadguru Sant Tukaram Maharaj Temple in Dehu Gaon.
• Warkari Front leader Datta Maharaj Donhe Patil joined the demonstration, which invoked Saint Tukaram’s debt-forgiveness lore.
• Pawar said the action aimed to remind the government of its poll promise and to spotlight farmers’ post-flood financial crisis.
• Reports estimate losses for more than 3 million farmers across about 6.5 million hectares, with homes, cattle and fields also damaged.
• Following the daylong protest, Pawar said the campaign for a full waiver would continue despite the state’s refusal to approve one.