Thousands of farmers marking the seven-month anniversary of their agitation against the three agricultural reform laws marched to Raj Bhavans on Saturday, to submit a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind through the Governors. As June 26 is also the date the Emergency was declared in 1975, the farm unions under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha also observed the day as Kheti Bachao, Loktantra Bachao Diwas (Save Agriculture, Save Democracy Day).
Apart from large gatherings at the established protest sites on the borders of Delhi, protests were also held within the capital. Farmers marched to the Raj Bhavans in Punjab, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and Telangana, though some were not able to submit their memoranda, according to the SKM.
Protesters detained
It said protesters had been detained by the police, sometimes temporarily, in Bhopal, Bengaluru, Mysuru, Delhi and Hyderabad….