New Delhi: Farmers from Tamil Nadu on Monday protested nude outside the South Block to demand a drought-relief fund.
This is the latest form of protest by farmers from the southern state, some of whom had earlier camped at Jantar Mantar to demand a farm-loan waiver.
The farmers are mainly from Tanjavur and Tiruchirapalli in the state’s parched Cauvery belt.
On March 14, around 170 half-naked farmers held demonstrations outside the PM’s residence with skulls of farmers who allegedly committed suicide and begging bowls.
Last Friday, they had submitted a memorandum to the Chief Justice of India, demanding his intervention.
Representatives of the farmers had met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on March 21 and put forth their demands.
Early this year, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had sought a detailed report from Tamil Nadu after it took suo motu cognisance of media reports regarding the deaths of 106 farmers during a period of one month in Tamil Nadu.
On February 22, Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami sanctioned a sum of Rs 2,247 crore as drought relief to more than 3.2 million farmers.
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