Tamil Nadu Farmers Invoke Lord Krishna To Make Govt Listen To Their Demands Of Loan Waiver

The images of helpless Tamil Nadu farmers eating rats and human faeces might have drawn the attention of people towards their cries, but it seems that the government have miserably failed to address their issue even after two months of continuous protest in New Delhi. The farmers are demanding their loan waiver from the government because they have suffered a lot of losses due to drought in the state.

The farmers who were in the national capital had held a 41-day-long sit in after which the government agreed to consider their demands.

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The farmers say that they were forced to come back to Delhi after the government did not do anything about them. But just like their first demonstration in Delhi, the government is yet to reach out to them or settle the issue.

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The farmers, who are known to be using unique and innovative protests like, displaying skulls of their loved ones, eating dead rats and getting flogged publicly have done the same this time around too.

Farmers leader Ayyakannu said on Monday they ate human faeces and on Tuesday they consumed human flesh. But nothing seemed to get the attention of the Indian Prime Minister. So, on Wednesday they sought some divine intervention.

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One of the protesters, dressed as Lord Krishna 'appeared' out of a yahja and told a person wearing a mask with PM Modi's face to solve the issue of the farmers or he will kill him the way he killed his uncle Kamsa.

As bizarre as it sounds farmers leader, Ayyakannu, told Indiatimes that Narendra Modi as the PM has failed in his duty to address the issues of the farmers. Now with Lord Krishna's instruction, they hope PM Modi will listen to them.

The farmers said they will continue their demonstration until their demands are met or they will die in Delhi.

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"PM Modi don't to see or hear us. He doesn't want to resolve our grievances, that is why we are sitting here. We will be here till our death or till our problems are solved. Only then we will go back to Tamil Nadu," Ayyakannu said.

He also attacked the Tamil Nadu government for not doing anything to help the farmers.

"Since the death of Jayalalithaa there is no political leadership in Tamil Nadu. The leaders are fighting for posts and they have no time for the farmers," Ayyakannu said.

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He said that despite the recent rains in Tamil Nadu, most of the places are still facing water shortages as ground water has already dried up. With Karnataka refusing to share the Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, the farmers are pitching their hopes on the government's plan to interlink rivers across the country.

"Water resources minister Uma Bharati has submitted a feasibility report on interlinking of rivers. But the Prime Minister has not taken any steps on this despite his promise during the elections. Now he is treating farmers as slaves," Ayyakannu said.