Maharashtra: Thousands of farmers have left from different areas of Maharashtra to participate in a rally to be held on Monday at Azad Maidan in Mumbai against the three agricultural laws of the central government. The police officer said that in view of the Kisan rally, the police has made special preparations for the security of Azad Maidan and its surrounding areas in South Mumbai and the deployment of the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF), along with the drone will be used .

The Maharashtra branch of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) issued a statement claiming that around 15,000 farmers from Nashik are ready to leave for Mumbai on Saturday with tampos and other vehicles. According to the statement, the rally on Monday will be addressed by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar and some prominent leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). The state unit of the ally Congress in the state government has already supported this rally.

AIKS said that farmers from different areas will gather in Nashik and will leave for Mumbai on Saturday and farmers will also join on the way. According to the statement, the farmers who have traveled to Mumbai will take a night's rest at Ghatnadevi near Igatpuri. The statement said, "This rally is being held in Delhi in support of the farmers who have been protesting for two months demanding withdrawal of agricultural laws, guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) and purchase of crops across the country." .

It is noteworthy that the pro-farmer organization United Kisan Morcha has called for protests across the country, including in front of Raj Bhavan in the states from 23 January to 26 January. Under this, around 100 organizations from Maharashtra formed the Joint Shetkari Kamgar Morcha in a meeting held in Mumbai on 12 January. According to the statement, the rally will start at Azad Maidan on January 25 at 11 am and besides Sharad Pawar, State Congress President and Maharashtra Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat, Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray will also address the rally.

The protesters will then march towards the Raj Bhavan and submit a memorandum to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. According to the statement, the protesters have decided to take the oath to hoist the tricolor at Azad Maidan on January 26 and make the struggle of farmers and workers successful.

The Income Tax Department (IT) on Thursday searched several locations related to Independent MLA Balraj Kundu in Haryana. Kundu has been associated with the farmers' movement. Giving this information, the officials said that several teams of the agency are searching for the documents of Kundu in Rohtak, Gurugram and Hisar for investigation.

According to officials, at the time of the search, Kundu was at his Gurugram residence while his family members were in Rohtak. Kundu is an Independent MLA from Maham Assembly seat in Haryana and is a vocal critic of the Manohar Lal Khattar government in the state. After the 2019 assembly elections, Kundu supported the BJP-JJP government in the state, but later withdrew.

The agitators are also giving free food to the farmers

He is also giving free food to the agitating farmers along the Delhi-Haryana Tikri border, where the farmers have been sitting on dharna against the agricultural laws for almost three months. He has also been taking part in the farmer mahapanchayats of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait in Haryana.

At the same time, police force has been deployed outside the MLA's in-laws. His mother-in-law only lives in the law. His father-in-law has died some time ago. It is being told that simultaneous raids have been conducted at the residence of 40 relatives of MLA Kundu in the entire state. The team of Income Tax Department is being told of Jalandhar and Gurugram.