A dharna-satyagraha was organized in front of the Lohardaga Block HQ in Jharkhand on 5 May 2017. The BDO gave the assurance of fulfilling the demands at his level and said that he would forward the demands which required to be handled at a higher level. The demands included the following: resolving the drinking water crisis; repair of roads; construction of toilets; ending scams in the Public Distribution System; construction of school rooms; roll back of fee hikes; opening paddy purchase centres; incentive amounts for farming on fallow lands; freeing government borewells from the clutches of crusher owners; proper wages for workers; and increasing the frequency of the Lohardaga-Ranchi train. Large numbers of farmer-activists including comrades Manu Thakur, Surjan Sahu, Rajendra Bhagat, Arun Oraon, Susheela Devi, Sukhdev Oraon,and Party leaders and activists including Com Mahesh Kumar Singh and Com Hazari Oraon were present at this dharna-Satyagraha.
