Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Nashik, over 50 farmers and Opposition parties from the Maha Vikas Aghadi were detained in different police stations in Nashik. The onion producers and the Opposition had planned to stage a protest against the poor and unstructured decisions taken by the Central government regarding export prices over the last one year.
Farmers were detained since 7 a.m. in their respective tehsils and villages in Nashik district and were released only after 5 p.m.
Editorial | A sob story: On onion exports
