After meeting with farmers who have suffered losses following incessant rains in Aurangabad district, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday demanded Rs 25,000 per hectare from the government to help them."This is the demand of Shiv Sena that the farmers should be given Rs 25,000 per hectare immediately. We will give farmers every right of theirs," Thackeray said here at a press conference.Asserting that Sena stands firmly with the farmers in the crisis, he said: "Crops have been damaged completely due to incessant rains during the monsoon. The aid of Rs 10,000 crore sanctioned by the government is very less, therefore, we demand that every farmer should be given help at the rate of Rs 25,000 per hectare."Thackeray said that when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had come to Ausa during the 17th Lok Sabha elections, he had sought monetary help for farmers. "I now demand that the Modi government should help farmers of Maharashtra and pull them out of the crisis," he said.Sena chief ...
