Overview

• At a Mumbai press conference, the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to make farmers debt-free, announce Rs 50,000 per hectare for crop losses, and halt bank recovery notices.
• Thackeray cited a recent visit by Fadnavis to Ujani village, alleging a farmer who asked about relief was told not to do politics and was then pursued by police.
• Fadnavis met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Friday to request assistance for flood-hit farmers, and said the prime minister asked the state to submit a proposal.
• The BJP’s 2024 Maharashtra manifesto promised a farm loan waiver, a pledge now central to opposition criticism over the pace and delivery of relief.
• Officials estimate more than 50 lakh hectares of farmland have been damaged by heavy rains, and Thackeray argued that current per-hectare support is insufficient and yet to reach many farmers.