“I don’t think even the British ever enacted such a painful scene,” said Gopal Rai, Aam Aadmi Party’s Gujarat in-charge, describing the violence between farmers and the police in Hadadad village of Botad, which escalated from stone pelting to lathicharge and teargas shelling within minutes on Sunday evening during a kisan mahapanchayat organised by AAP.

He said, “On that day, the police force surrounded the village, and some police personnel were sent to infiltrate the sabha. The police reached there and someone threw stones at them. And then the police began lathicharge and tear gas shelling. The door of every house in Hadadad has been broken down, police entered the homes, people were arrested and more than 250 people have been detained so far.”

AAP is observing Monday as a Black Day t

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