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The state must address the issueThe paper was handed over to the farmers on Tuesday morning outside Vankar residence in Unjha. Gujarat Dalit activist Bhanu Vankar set himself on fire outside the collector’s office in Patan Gujarat Dalit activist Bhanu Vankar set himself on fire outside the collector’s office in PatanA day after Dalit activist Bhanu Vankar was cremated in Unjha— Hema Vankar and Rama Chamar, the two farmers from Dudhka village in Patan district for whose land rights Vankar set himself ablaze — were given possession of the land they were fighting for. Read | Gujarat Dalit activist’s death: Funeral held after govt gives assurance of land allotment“The two of them have been given the possession. On February 15, Vankar (61) set himself ablaze outside the Patan collector office, demanding 18 acres of land for Hema and Rama. Vankar’s family and members of the Dalit community refused to take his body for two days till a set of their demands were met..