As Chief Minister and two Deputy Chief Ministers besides their other cabinet colleagues today started touring the flood-affected Marathwada region, Agriculture Minister Dattatray Bharne had to face the wrath of farmers in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. On Tuesday, it was Water Resources Minister Girish Mahajan whose remarks had irked farmers.

As he started criss-crossing ravaged fields in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Bharne came face to face with farmers. They gheraoed him and demanded that the state government announce immediate assistance for them. The farmers complained that they have lost their entire crop and even the farm soil has been washed away. The farmers demanded that panchamas be conducted immediately.

After sensing the anger among the farmers, the Minister immediately called up t

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