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Farmers take out bullock cart procession in Ballari demanding loan waiver

Hundreds of farmers arrived from different parts of the district and took out a protest march with their bullock carts and tractors in Ballari on Monday condemning what they termed “harassment of farmers by Karnataka Gramin Bank” and demanding a farm loan waiver.

The rally started at Sangam Circle and passed through Royal Circle, Taluk Office and Cool Corner to reach Karnataka Gramin Bank where a public meeting was held. The farmers displayed placards and raised slogans demanding the government to waive farmers’ loan. The agitation was organized by Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene.

Addressing the agitating farmers virtually, farmers’ leader Rakesh Singh Tikait of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) from Uttar Pradesh said that the preparations were on to organize a coordinated agitation throughout the country demanding farm loan waiver.

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