23 December 2020
Thousands of farmers gathered in Mumbai s Bandra area on 22 December to protest against three recently enacted farm laws. ANI
Thousands of farmers gathered in Mumbai s Bandra area on 22 December to protest against three recently enacted farm laws. ANI
On 22 December, farmers associated with various farmersâ organisations in Maharashtra gathered outside the office of Milind Borikar, the district collector of Mumbai Suburban, in the cityâs Bandra East area. The farmers were protesting against the three recently enacted farm laws. From there, they marched on to the nearby Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Udyan, a public garden. Thousands of protesters streamed into the circular garden surrounded by a heavy police presence. On 17 December, Raju Shetti, the chief of the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, a farmersâ union based in Kolhapur district, had announced that farmers would march to the corporate offices of Reliance Industries and the A