The 'angry Hanuman' raging against liberal voices, or the distraught and economically backward farmer with a blistered foot — your vote on one of these two images will decide who will rule India for the next five years.
The political repercussions of alienating farmers are too apparent for any party to ignore. But each party has tackled the issue in its own particular way.
Will the freebribes translate to votes?
The time has come to examine the National Policy for Farmers and act upon it.
In the last year of his tenure, Maharashtra CM could face the fallout of the mismatch between his decisions and their implementations.
The rally has pointed out to the political, media and business elite that people want economic and social rights, not the communal game.
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Tribals, farm labourer and marginal farmers had placed demands to till forest land, MSP for produce and loan waiver.
Loan waivers cover only those who borrow from the government.
The party seems to have forgotten the lessons from its 'India Shining' debacle in 2004.
Government has done little for the farm sector apart from, of course, saying that agricultural growth is its main focus.
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