MP farmers protest News
In Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, farmers of about 10 villages are doing water satyagraha. Their demand is that the survey work of the crops destroyed due to heavy rains should be completed soon.
The Madhya Pradesh authorities on Tuesday registered an FIR against Karera Congress MLA Shakuntala Khatik who was caught on camera inciting a mob to set on fire a police station in protest against killing of five farmers in police firing in Mandsaur.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Sunday that he had always tried doing a lot for farmers.
The farmers in western Madhya Pradesh, particularly Mandsaur and Dewas districts, have been protesting for a week now, demanding debt relief and better crop prices.
Togadia demanded that the government must implement the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission at the earliest.
At least three farmers were killed and four others were wounded after the Madhya Pradesh Police opened fire in an attempt to control a rioting mob demanding fair price and loan waiver in Mandsaur district on Tuesday.
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