A slap on the face of BJP govt: Sena

MUMBAI: Farmers have given the Maharashtra government a last chance to fulfil the promises made to them, the Shiv Sena said on Tuesday, dubbing their march to Mumbai a “slap” on the face of the BJP-led dispensation. Facing the heat from the opposition and ally Shiv Sena, the state government yesterday accepted the agitating farmers’ demands, including their right to till forest land. The over 35,000 farmers, who had trekked 180 km over six days from Nashik to here, subsequently called off their stir that had turned Mumbai into a sea of red flags. “Another jolt from farmers has straightened this government. It had no option other than to accept the demands of the protesters,” the Sena said in an editorial in its party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.