President of Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti Kishor Tiwari has demanded a total ban on Bt cotton to save lives of the poor farmers in the region. He made the announcement in a crowded press conference on the eve of the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s proposed visit to Yavatmal district on Friday. The 35-member high power committee on agriculture, led by MP Basudeb Acharia, is scheduled to visit two select villages - Bham Raja and Maregaon (Sonbardi) in the district - on Friday and are expected to interact with the farmers there.