After Skulls, Dead Rats And Flogging, Now Tamil Nadu Farmers Drink Urine In Protest

The demands of the?Tamil Nadu farmers seem to be falling on deaf ears as the government has not listened to them for the last 40 days. The farmers demanding?loan waiver took their protest to another level as they?drank urine to protest the delay from the government.

ANI

They took the extreme step after the two-day deadline the protesters had given to the government for a written assurance on loan waiver ended.

ANI

Ayyakannu, the leader of the protesters said despite the over 6 weeks long protest the government doesn't care for the drought-hit farmers.

"We are being treated like slaves by this government", he said.

ANI

This is not the first time these desperate men have taken to bizarre ways to make their voices heard.

They first made headlines for bringing the skulls of farmers who committed suicide. With that failing to catch the government's attention, they resorted to eating dead rats and grass.

Reuters

On Thursday Ayyakannu told Indiatimes that they will continue to sit in the blazing sun until their death or till their demands are met.

Indiatimes

An estimated 32 lakhs farmers are believed to have been affected by the drought in Tamil Nadu. Many of these people had taken small amounts of agricultural loans, which now they cannot repay because of the years of crop failures.?

The farmers are demanding farm loan waiver, a drought relief package of Rs 40,000 crore from the Centre and setting up of Cauvery Management Board.