Palghar, Jan. 20 -- The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday resumed its massive foot march to the Palghar Collectorate in Maharashtra, with nearly 50,000 participants.

The protestors restarted their march today from Manor in Palghar. They plan to hold an indefinite sit-in protest at the Palghar Collectorate to demand forest and land rights, the restoration of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), and the repeal of the new Labour Codes.

The march began on Monday in Charoti, Dahanu.

The major demands of the protestors include implementation of the Forest Rights Act; vesting of all temple, inaam and government land in the name of the tillers. They have also been demanding restoration of the MGNREG...