Summary:
Several farmer leaders including Farmers Action Committee leaders Balasaheb Patare, Subhash Lande, Sanjeev Bhor, Mahesh Navale, Nilesh Talekar and Rajendra Bavke were detained. Arrests were also made in Parbhani, where farmer leaders and over 50 farmers were arrested. “In Ahmednagar, we sought a meeting with the Guardian Minister Ram Shinde to submit a memorandum of our demands, but the police resorted to lathicharge. In Aurangabad, farmers protested outside the Collectorate when Guardian Minister Ramdas Kadam came for the flag-hoisting ceremony. “Flag hoisting on Independence Day is a national event and we feel it should not be disrupted..