Farmers in Madhya Pradesh have been been protesting in Mandsuar district for over a week now.
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday announced that he will be fasting in Bhopal from tomorrow.
"From 11 AM tomorrow I'll sit at Dussehra Maidan, people may come and discuss things with me. I will fast to bring about peace," he said.
"Negative elements will be dealt with strongly. Establishing law and order is our priority. Some people have handed over stones to youth," he added.
On Thursday, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh finally broke his silence and termed the farmers agitation in Madhya Pradesh as "unfortunate" and said those "politicising" the incident were not concerned about the community's welfare.
Farmers have been protesting in Mandsuar district of Madhya Pradesh for over a week demanding debt relief. The protest got violent on June 6 as five farmers died in police firing. The situation is still tense in the region.
"The Madhya Pradesh incident is unfortunate. Those politicising the issue do not want welfare of farmers and the country," Singh tweeted.
He said Shivraj Singh Chouhan was among the CMs who is most concerned about farmers.
Taking a dig at the indefinite strike by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, amid the ongoing farmers strike in Mandsaur, the Congress Party on Friday said that the former should stop his ‘drama’ as he is responsible for the death of the farmers in the state.
‘He is a dramatic Chief Minister and from the past 12 years he has been fooling the people of Madhya Pradesh. He is the one responsible for the death of six farmers in the state," said Madhya Pradesh Congress spokesperson Arun Yadav.
Yadav further said that after this incident, Chouhan does not have any right to hold the position of Chief Minister as he has blood on his hands.
‘What has he done in past 12 years for the farmers’ He didn’t have any time to meet the farmers and now he is observing indefinite fast, for what’,’ he asked.
Extending Congress’s support, Yadav said that the party is not in favour of violence, adding that their party will follow the vision of Mahatma Gandhi.
‘The farmers are protesting in a non-violent way and we are supporting them,’ he said.
With inputs from PTI and ANI
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