Long march to Mumbai: Protesters march towards Mumbai, refuse to stop without meeting CM

Thousands of tribal radical who started their agelong march connected January 26, connected Monday refused to halt it without gathering the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and receiving assurances from him astir their onshore rights. They person walked implicit 80 kilometres truthful acold and volition proceed their march towards Mumbai connected Tuesday (January 27, 2026) arsenic well. They celebrated the Republic Day connected the Nashik - Mumbai road connected Monday (January 26, 2026), wherever the National Flag was ceremoniously tied precocious to the starring motortruck of the march.

A delegation of the protesters, consisting of CPI(M) leaders, All India Kisan Sabha leaders and elected representatives volition conscionable the authorities officials and Ministers successful Mumbai connected Tuesday (January 27, 2026).

The morcha is expected to scope Mumbai connected February 3. Their superior demands are regarding onshore rights, h2o issues, acquisition and recruitment. At the bosom of the protestation is the precocious complaint of rejections of onshore ownership claims nether the Forest Rights Act, and different issues pertaining to its implementation.

“Our request is that the tribals should get their onshore rights. The implementation of the Forest Rights Act should beryllium done successful missive and spirit. The percent of the denial of onshore rights of these tribals is inactive rather precocious successful Maharashtra. There is the contented of the diversion of stream h2o arsenic well, thing which was promised to america during our 2018 agelong march. That committedness for the fulfilment of h2o needs of tribals, has not yet been fulfilled. The Guardian Minister of Nashik met america today, and asked america to retreat our protest. We person flatly refused it. We volition not backmost disconnected till our demands are fulfilled this time,” Ashok Dhawale, president of All India Kisan Sabha, told The Hindu from Nashik.

Earlier successful the day, Maharashtra Minister Girish Mahajan had requested the protesters to halt the protest. He promised that the authorities volition clasp a gathering with the protesters connected Tuesday (January 27, 2026), on with each the acrophobic Ministers and officials. But the protesters refused to judge it.

“They person started their protestation due to the fact that of immoderate pending issues. I person had a gathering with them. These are each resolvable issues. All these matters are related to tribal affairs, gross department, acquisition department. We volition clasp a gathering successful mantralay aft the furniture connected Tuesday, and volition resoluteness them,” Girish Mahajan said.

The National Highway was dotted with reddish flags arsenic the protesters marched for respective kilometres connected Monday (January 26, 2026). Disciplined lines of thousands of men and women walked successful batches, down trucks, carrying banners and flags.

Speaking astir the solemnisation of Republic Day by the protesters, Mr. Dhawale said, “The publication of Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar to the framing of the Constitution was recalled, homage was paid to the martyrs of the state conflict and of each aboriginal struggles of the toiling people, and the defence of the cardinal Constitutional values of sovereignty, democracy, secularism and socialism were underlined.”