India, Oct. 30 -- Defying a high court order and braving the incessant rains, the farmers' agitation led by former Maharashtra minister and Prahar Janshakti Party chief Bachchu Kadu continued for the second consecutive day on the Nagpur-Hyderabad National Highway near Jamtha. The protesters, however, have agreed to hold talks with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai on Thursday to press their demand for a complete farm loan waiver.

The decision came after a late-night meeting between farmer leaders and the chief minister's emissaries-ministers of states Pankaj Bhoyar and Ashish Jaiswal-at the protest site on the highway on Wednesday night. Following the discussions and a telephonic conversation with revenue minister Chandrashekhar...