CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat joined a Kisan Sabha campaign on the issue of acute agrarian distress in the Marathwada region in Maharashtra on April 24-25. She, along with other leaders, visited 15-20 villages and met farmers and MGNREGA workers in Aurangabad, Beed and Jalna districts. She also visited cattle fairs and cattle shelters. Later, Karat, along with CPI(M) Central Secretariat member Ashok Dhawale and others, submitted a memorandum to Divisional Commissioner of Aurangabad Umakant Dangat.