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Shiv Sena (UBT) Uddhav Thackeray launched a “Hambarda” rally connected Saturday (October 11, 2025) successful Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, against the Mahayuti government’s precocious announced flood alleviation package, calling it a “big joke” and demanding a “complete indebtedness waiver” for farmers affected by floods and rainfall crossed the State.
Former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray slammed Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for announcing the “fraudulent” bundle for farmers, who are successful dire request of aid, portion addressing a nationalist gathering astatine the Gulmandi successful Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar.
He challenged Mr. Fadnavis to supply ₹1 lakh to farmers earlier Diwali, arsenic helium announced “₹3.5 lakh assistance done MNREGA” successful the package. “When husbandman asks for their rights, they accidental don’t bash politics; these are the aforesaid farmers whose votes are utilized for politics. What benignant of authorities is this?” helium asked.
On the request of ₹50,000 per hectare, Mr. Thackeray said, “The husbandman has to wage the indebtedness instalments for the past season. The returns from the harvesting would person been utilized to wage a partial indebtedness amount, enabling him to person a indebtedness for the rabi season. However, the load of EMI volition summation adjacent twelvemonth arsenic helium inactive has to repay it contempt the impermanent exemption. In this case, farmers volition ne'er get backmost connected their feet.”
Days ago, the authorities announced a ₹31,628 crore flood alleviation bundle for farmers, providing full assistance of ₹48,000 per hectare. The authorities besides mentioned that the determination connected indebtedness waiver volition beryllium taken successful “due course”. Since then, the absorption and farmers person been demanding a indebtedness waiver and an summation successful the harvest compensation.
Mr. Thackeray highlighted the agriculture experts’ analysis, which underlines that lone “₹6500 crores of assistance are provided under the ₹31,628 crores package”.
He besides called retired Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not mentioning farmers during his sojourn to Mumbai for the Navi Mumbai airdrome inauguration.
In response, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde attacked Mr. Thackeray and called his rally a “display of crocodile tears”. He alleged that Mr. Thackeray is exploiting farmers’ distress for governmental gain. ‘A idiosyncratic who ne'er near his home, however could helium instrumentality retired a rally for farmers? They outcry foul whenever the powerfulness is not successful their hands,” said Mr. Shinde, describing the provisions nether the flood alleviation package.
