<p>Amid multiple agrarian issues in Maharashtra, a huge group of farmers commenced their Nashik-Mumbai long march on Sunday - a development that poses a big challenge to the nine-month-old Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government. </p>.<p>The march started off from Dindori in Nashik district and will end on March 23 near the Vidhan Bhavan complex, where the budget session of Maharashtra legislature is under way. </p>.<p>“We will not do anything that will put the general public into convenience,” Veteran tribal leader and seven-term former MLA Jiva Pandu Gavit said. </p>.<p>“We have started today and will continue marching ahead,” Dr Ajit Navale, the general secretary of Maharashtra unit of All India Kisan Sabha, told <em>DH </em>over phone on Sunday. </p>.<p>The latest agitation was triggered by the falling wholesale prices of onion and the overall situation of the agriculture sector particularly after the recent unseasonal rains. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/maharashtra-budget-farmers-to-get-rs-6000-per-year-as-shinde-govt-eyes-political-harvest-1198590.html" target="_blank">Maharashtra Budget: Farmers to get Rs 6,000 per year as Shinde govt eyes political harvest</a></strong></p>.<p>A large number of farmers, workers, adivasis and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers are part of the long foot march. </p>.<p>The participants are carrying red flags of the CPI(M) and banners with ''Give MSP to onions'' written on them.</p>.<p>Senior leaders of the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government and Maharashtra government officials are expected to meet them, however, the farmers have asked for a written assurance. </p>.<p>The march coincides with the fifth anniversary of a long farmers' march that shook the Centre and Maharashtra government. </p>.<p>It may be recalled, nearly 30,000 to 35,000 farmers and adivasis marched from Nashik to Mumbai's Azad Maidan -a distance of nearly 180 km in seven days from March 6-12 in 2018. In fact, the farmers won hearts in Mumbai as they chose to walk during the night and wee hours to avoid traffic mess and taking into account board exams. </p>
<p>Amid multiple agrarian issues in Maharashtra, a huge group of farmers commenced their Nashik-Mumbai long march on Sunday - a development that poses a big challenge to the nine-month-old Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government. </p>.<p>The march started off from Dindori in Nashik district and will end on March 23 near the Vidhan Bhavan complex, where the budget session of Maharashtra legislature is under way. </p>.<p>“We will not do anything that will put the general public into convenience,” Veteran tribal leader and seven-term former MLA Jiva Pandu Gavit said. </p>.<p>“We have started today and will continue marching ahead,” Dr Ajit Navale, the general secretary of Maharashtra unit of All India Kisan Sabha, told <em>DH </em>over phone on Sunday. </p>.<p>The latest agitation was triggered by the falling wholesale prices of onion and the overall situation of the agriculture sector particularly after the recent unseasonal rains. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/maharashtra-budget-farmers-to-get-rs-6000-per-year-as-shinde-govt-eyes-political-harvest-1198590.html" target="_blank">Maharashtra Budget: Farmers to get Rs 6,000 per year as Shinde govt eyes political harvest</a></strong></p>.<p>A large number of farmers, workers, adivasis and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers are part of the long foot march. </p>.<p>The participants are carrying red flags of the CPI(M) and banners with ''Give MSP to onions'' written on them.</p>.<p>Senior leaders of the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government and Maharashtra government officials are expected to meet them, however, the farmers have asked for a written assurance. </p>.<p>The march coincides with the fifth anniversary of a long farmers' march that shook the Centre and Maharashtra government. </p>.<p>It may be recalled, nearly 30,000 to 35,000 farmers and adivasis marched from Nashik to Mumbai's Azad Maidan -a distance of nearly 180 km in seven days from March 6-12 in 2018. In fact, the farmers won hearts in Mumbai as they chose to walk during the night and wee hours to avoid traffic mess and taking into account board exams. </p>