On the first day of the agitation today, Maharashtra Congress state unit chief Ashok Chavan led a demonstration in Nanded, while Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil participated in a demonstration at Ahmednagar, according to a statement issued by the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan led a demonstration in Pune, while Narayan Rane led a demonstration in Sindhudurg and former Union Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde participated in a demonstration in Solapur, according to the statement.
Senior Congress leaders, office bearers and workers were out on the streets in large numbers, joined by farmers, the statement said.
