Farmers Jump On Safety Net Inside Maharashtra Secretariat To Highlight Their Demands

Mumbai, Aug 30 Triggering commotion, a group of protesting farmers jumped over the safety nets on the first floor of the Maharashtra state secretariat building (Mantralaya) on Tuesday.
The farmers who came from the Wardha region accused the government of neglecting their demands and came inside Mantralaya in small groups, ostensibly to attend a medical camp set up there. But they suddenly started raising slogans against the government, attempted to go and gherao PWD Minister Dada Bhuse and then jumped onto the safety nets.
Reacting promptly to the evolving scenario, the on-site security personnel swiftly sprung into action. Dramatic visuals showed police officers maneuvering on their knees across the safety net to apprehend the protesters.

The farmers also sported black posters with the legend, ‘Upper Wardha Action Committee’ and said that despite repeated reminders their demands were not accepted.

Their leaders claimed that many of the farmers had given up their land to the government for the proposed Upper Wardha Dam Project nearly four months ago, but so far have not been paid any compensation as assured.

The protestors threw leaflets and posters of their demands on the safety net and then more than two dozen of them jumped on it from the first floor, even as the Mantralaya staffers and others rushed to witness the sensational development.

Later, Minister Bhuse went to meet and calm their representatives, while the police came and got down on the safety-nets and removed the farmers one by one to safety.