<p>Amid the farmers’ protest, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait will hold a 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' and a public rally in Yavatmal district in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra on February 20.</p>.<p>Scores of farmers from Vidarbha, the epicentre of agrarian distress, and other regions in the state will be attending the Mahapanchayat.</p>.<p>The Yavatmal meeting would be the first Kisan Mahapanchayat outside the North Indian belt.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/farmers-to-intensify-protest-today-key-things-to-know-950267.html" target="_blank">Farmers to intensify protest today: Key things to know</a></strong></p>.<p>The drought-prone Yavatmal district has seen the maximum suicide by farmers.</p>.<p>On March 19, 1986, close to 34 years ago, a farmer Sahebrao Karpe and his entire family comprising wife and four minor children, ended their lives at Cheelgavhan village in Yavatmal district – the first reported suicide by a family because of an agrarian crisis.</p>.<p>“Yavatmal is known for cotton farming and is also referred to as the graveyard of the farmers,” said political analyst and activist Jatin Desai.</p>
<p>Amid the farmers’ protest, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait will hold a 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' and a public rally in Yavatmal district in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra on February 20.</p>.<p>Scores of farmers from Vidarbha, the epicentre of agrarian distress, and other regions in the state will be attending the Mahapanchayat.</p>.<p>The Yavatmal meeting would be the first Kisan Mahapanchayat outside the North Indian belt.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/farmers-to-intensify-protest-today-key-things-to-know-950267.html" target="_blank">Farmers to intensify protest today: Key things to know</a></strong></p>.<p>The drought-prone Yavatmal district has seen the maximum suicide by farmers.</p>.<p>On March 19, 1986, close to 34 years ago, a farmer Sahebrao Karpe and his entire family comprising wife and four minor children, ended their lives at Cheelgavhan village in Yavatmal district – the first reported suicide by a family because of an agrarian crisis.</p>.<p>“Yavatmal is known for cotton farming and is also referred to as the graveyard of the farmers,” said political analyst and activist Jatin Desai.</p>