About 30,000 farmers are marching towards Mumbai, resting for the night in the suburb of Thane. On Monday, they will attempt to surround the Maharashtra assembly in Mumbai and protest against what they call the state government's anti-farmer policies. What is driving them? Are they asking for the sky, or simply for what is due to them and is government only paying lip service to their needs? Is Maharashtra farmer protest a wake up call? What has happened to the NDA government's promise of doubling of farm incomes by 2022?
