Protesting Tamil Nadu Farmers Drink Urine To Draw Centre’s Attention

New Delhi: Protesting Tamil Nadu farmers drank their own urine on Saturday to draw the union governmnet's attention to the drought in their state and other demands. The farmers have been staging protest in New Delhi for a over a month.

The collected their urine in plastic bottles on Friday and threatened to consume it if the centre fails to respond to their demands including a loan waiver, drought relief package and formation of a Cauvery river management board. From wearing human skulls to conducting mock funerals and even stripping at Raisina Hill here, the farmers have been grabbing eyeballs for the last 40 days with their novel ways of protest.

A few days ago, these farmers met Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan who hails from Tamil Nadu. However, the two sides failed to reach a consensus on their demands.