Maharashtra farmers protesting against the non-implementation of the farm loans waiver package were caned on Tuesday in some parts of the state. “In Ahmednagar, we sought a meeting with the guardian m+inister Ram Shinde to submit a memorandum of our demands, but the police resorted to mercilessly caning us,” Dhawale said. In Beed, guardian minister Pankaja Munde skipped the Independence Day flag hoisting ceremony as farmers protested outside the Collectorate. Protesting farmers in Pune demanded that instead of Guardian Minister Girish Bapat, the flag-hoisting should be done by a farmer or a fallen soldier’s widow. In Aurangabad, farmers protested outside the Collectorate when guardian minister Ramdas Kadam came for the flag hoisting ceremony.

Source: Hindustan Times August 15, 2017 07:07 UTC