He said that representatives of seven organisations - the Aam Kisan Union, Bharatiya Kisan Union, the Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangh, the Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Mahasangh, Kisan Seva Sangathan, Kisan Sena (Vidisha) and the Kisan Jagriti Manch - were participating in the protest and on Sunday, farmers from across the state would come to join them.
In Mandsaur, the curfew was imposed after five persons were killed in police firing during a farmers' protest on June 6.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan continued his indefinite fast for peace in the state amid farmers agitation for the second day on Sunday.
Claiming that the majority of the population in Madhya Pradesh is dependent on farming, Chouhan earlier in the day said that the state can not progress without farmers.
He also said farmers will be given compensation.
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Chouhan also entailed how the families of the deceased met him and asked him to discontinue the fast. "I am indebted & grateful to them", the Chief Minister's office tweeted.
"He is sitting on the fasts not for the farmers but for himself".
"We requested the Chief Minister to call off his hunger strike". "We don't think that he is doing any drama", the farmer said.
The Chief Minister assured that justice would be done and the culprits would be punished. "I know your problems", he said. BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, who had told Chouhan on Saturday that bureaucratic "shortcomings" sometimes come in the way of farmers reaping the benefits of various welfare schemes, was also present at the venue. There are some issues which have already been addressed and there are some on which we have to take a decision. Though no loan waivers were granted, Chouhan said funds would be lent at zero per cent interest to help farmers repay their debts. We are considering every issue seriously whether it is small or big.
The "indefinite fast", launched from the BHEL Dussehra Maidan in the state capital, was taken up amid violent protests in western Madhya Pradesh - especially Dewas and Mandsaur districts - over the last 10 days. "I will not allow violence in Madhya Pradesh at any rate". The Mandsaur Krishi Upaj Mandi, spread over 30 hectares of land on the outskirts of the town, saw a sharp dip in the arrival of farm produce on June 1, when the farmers' stir, demanding better price for their produce and a loan waiver, began in the state.
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