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Maharashtra onion farmers set crops on fire in protest over govt's inaction on falling prices
Mar 6, 2023 9:24 AM

Farmers in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, distressed by the plummeting prices of onions, resorted to lighting a bonfire of their crops to draw attention to the government's policies and the dire situation faced by growers.

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The protest was held on the day of the Holika Dahan, a day when bonfires are traditionally lit in Maharashtra.

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