The relay fast by members of the All Farmers Federation entered the third day on Saturday with the protesters resorting to a novel stir taking out a rally with a plough, bullocks, shovel and withered sugarcane crop to highlight their demands. The fast is being held from June 1 to 5.
The demands included immediate constitution of the Cauvery Management Board and Cauvery Water Regulating Committee besides condemning the Central Government for its anti-farmer stance.
The other major demand of the Federation was a call to the Tamil Nadu political parties to boycott the coming presidential election to register its protest.
Federation coordinator P. R. Pandian led the protest near the Panagal Buildings here after leading a rally from Anna Statue near the Old Bus Stand.
Mr. Pandian claimed that the current AIADMK dispensation was ruling in a manner that was against the pro-farmer policies and principles of the former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. Mr. Pandian also condemned the declaration by Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami that Mettur Dam will not be opened on June 12 for delta irrigation without taking efforts to get water.
