A solo march against farm laws

Ex-techie communicates with people on minimum support price and other issues while on the way to Delhi

Nagaraj Kalkutagar, a 39-year-old former techie, has begun a 6,000-km-long march to Delhi to protest against the controversial farm laws. An activist against corruption, atrocities on women, and illegal mining for the last five years, Kalkutagar plans to reach the national capital before the end of July this year, by walk. As he reached Hassan on Thursday evening, he had completed 1,230 km, covering 13 districts. Representatives of many pro-farmer organisations welcomed him. Nagaraj, who hails from an agricultural family of Bagalkot, obtained M.Sc. and M.Tech. degrees and worked for tech companies as a geospatial engineer. The turn of events in 2012 following the Nirbhaya case in Delhi and the corruption cases against the UPA government prompted him to join India Against Corruption (IAC) movement and later Aam Admi Party. He worked as Bagalkot district convener of AAP and also contested for Bagalkot Assembly seat in 2018.