Mumbai, Sept. 24 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday demanded that the Maharashtra government call a special session of the state legislature next week to discuss measures to tackle the severe drought situation in the state.

He also demanded that the government provide a guarantee for farm loans on the lines of the guarantees extended for loans to sugar mills.

Thackeray said the special session should take concrete decisions on immediate relief to farmers. "The government should convene a special session of the state legislature for two-three days next week to discuss and decide on this massive drought crisis facing Maharashtra," he said.

He also demanded that the government declare the drought situation tehsil-wise a...