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Workers of the Shiv Sena (UBT) connected Monday (May 18, 2026) staged a "chakka jam" (road blockade) agitation connected the Samruddhi Expressway successful Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to protestation the debased bulb procurement rates.
“The agitation, which took spot astir 10 a.m. astatine the Jambargaon interchange successful Vaijapur tehsil, saw protesters burning tyres connected the expressway, blocking the traffic,” an authoritative said.
Speaking to reporters, Shiv Sena (UBT) person Ambadas Danve, who led the protest, said, "The authorities did not assistance support for our agitation. But we are present to enactment bulb farmers. We privation the authorities to procure the harvest astatine a bully rate, and that is our lone request from the agitation."
He claimed that onions were being procured astatine 25 to 50 paisa per kg, which is unfair to farmers. "Onion cultivators are committing suicide. While the Central authorities has announced a procurement complaint of ₹12.35 per kg, nary 1 is purchasing the nutrient astatine this rate," Mr. Danve alleged.
The constabulary aboriginal detained Mr. Danve and the agitators and took them to Vaijapur constabulary station, clearing the blockade connected the expressway.
Amid the backdrop of falling bulb prices, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan past week announced that the Centre volition procure the bulb astatine the complaint of ₹12.35 per kg from farmers.
The terms of the room indispensable has fallen arsenic exports person been affected owing to the West Asia crisis.
