The farmers’ protests against the Centre’s contentious farming legislations, which had gained huge momentum in Maharashtra over the past two months, may see a scaling down of demonstrations amid the resurgence of COVID-19 cases and the implementation of partial lockdown in rural Maharashtra.

Although protests had been taking place in Mumbai recently, the epicentre remains rural Maharashtra. Calls for multiple agitations and protests had been given for the last week of February by the All India Kisan Sabha’s Maharashtra unit.