Date:05/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/05/stories/2008080554661000.htm

National

Rallying farmers

— Photo: S. Subramanium

DRASTIC ACTION: Bharatiya Kisan Union president Mahendra Singh Tikait addressing the media at a protest rally in New Delhi on Monday. The farmers’ dharna will continue till the Centre met their demands and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh intervened to write off the entire loans of farmers, BKU leaders said.