Farmers dumping milk in protest, Netizens left appalled after a video surfaced on Twitter

On Jul 21, 2020

Pune: Netizens left appalled after a video surfaced on Twitter showing a group of farmers dumping litres of milk on the road as a sign of protest in Maharashtra.

#WATCH Workers of Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathna spill milk on the streets of Kolhapur as a mark of protest. The organisation is demanding Rs 25 per litre as the minimum rate of cow milk, among others. #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/BDMJSLfRtg
— ANI (@ANI) July 21, 2020

These farmers are members of Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathna, a farmers’ organisation, who spilled the milk on the streets of Kolhaour, as a mark of protest. The organisation is demanding Rs 25 per litre as the minimum rate of cow milk and have warned of more protests if their demands are not met.

The agitators along with members of the Raju Shetti- led Swambhimani Shetkari Sanghatana stopped milk tankers and emptied them on the Pune-Bengaluru highway passing the two districts.

After the video went viral, many slammed the protest and commented that instead of spilling milk on the streets and wasting it, they could have given it to the needy and poor.

Instead of throwing it away they can donate it to poor and needy people.
— Vikrant INS (@vikrantvkk) July 21, 2020

Another wrote, ”Horrendous! People who waste and disrespect food should be given strict punishment. So many homeless, poor people could have been fed with that milk.”