AHMEDABAD: Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani from Gujarat, JNU student-leader Kanhaiya Kumar and other protesters were detained by the Gujarat police in Mehsana on Wednesday for trying to hold a Freedom March without police permission.
The march, to demand land for marginalised communities, was planned by Mr. Mevani’s Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch to commemorate one year of the Una Dalit atrocity incident. Patidar leader Reshma Patel also joined the protest.
Mr. Mevani slammed the State government for denying them permission to hold the march.