Mumbai: Yesterday thousands of farmers holding red flags have arrived in Mumbai, at the Azad Maidan. At least 75,000 farmers walked through the night when Fadnavis made an appeal ensuring the students' concentration will not get affected during the exam.

The farmers' delegation led by All India Kisan Sabha leaders reaches the Maharashtra Assembly and discussed their demands with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

After Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Yuva Sena President Aaditya Thackeray also tweeted and said: "Farmers need to be heard".

Thackeray said that when he spoke to them, he did not see red flags but red blood. "Whichever the flag they carry, whoever their political hero, the government has to hear them."

"They are farmers who need to be heard. It’s unfortunate to be insensitive to those who feed us and put ideological cages on them. I’m proud of my fellow Shiv Sainiks who are with them nursing their wounds, and voicing the farmers in the Assembly too, only seeing their need.," he tweeted.

Meanwhile, Dabbawalas of Mumbai and city residents came together to provide food for farmers and protesters at Azad Maidan.

According to the reports, Providing them food and water, dabbawalas between Dadar and Colaba collected food and water to deliver it to protesters as part of their 'roti bank' initiative.
Subhash Talekar, the spokesperson of Mumbai Dabbawala Association, said, "We thought about helping the farmers with food as they are our food-providers and have come from remote parts of the state. We asked our men working between Dadar (in Central Mumbai) and Colaba (South Mumbai) to collect food and deliver it to our farmer brothers at the Azad Maidan."