Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday urged Prahar Janshakti Party leader Bachchu Kadu to hold talks with the government over farmers’ issues instead of resorting to agitations that inconvenience the public and risk being misused by “vested interests.”

According to the news agency PTI, while speaking to reporters a day after Kadu led a tractor rally in Nagpur demanding a complete farm loan waiver and other reliefs, Fadnavis said the government was open to dialogue and had already shown a positive approach.