"As the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for eleven-and- a-half years, my priority has been state's development and farmers' welfare", Chouhan said. Ironically, Chouhan's fast is to restore peace in the state which was disturbed after his own police killed five persons in a farmers agitation in Mandsaur while Kejriwal was protesting against corrupt inspectors in Delhi police which comes under the central government.
Yesterday, the families of the four farmers, who were killed in the police firing in Mandsaur, met Chouhan and requested him to call off his fast. Top party leaders were told by his ministers that chief minister ignored warnings about the growing unrest among farmers demanding adequate price for their produce and loan waver.
Chouhan, who is on a fast at Dussehra Maidan here, also met several representatives of farmers' organizations and listened to their problems on Saturday. "The rate farmers are getting for their produce is much lower than the input cost".
"This fast is nothing but a pretence.The Congress is with farmers in their fight for their rights", Surjewala said. Madhya Pradesh home minister Bhupendra Singh said, "Everyone is concerned about the chief minister's health".
Meanwhile, the All India Kisan Sabha - a wing of the Communist Party of India - has chose to observe June 14 as "Protest Day" across the country against the Mandsaur police firing on farmers by the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government. As a result, CM Chouhan went on a "fast for peace' on Saturday".
Chouhan, who had launched his fast on Saturday to seek restoration of peace in the state, made a decision to break it because "no further cases of violence were reported" in the last two days. She said she had gone to meet the Chief Minister to ask for help, hearing his appeal to farmers to come and air their grievances.
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Narendra Nahata, former minister in the Congress government and a resident of Mandsaur said the BJP's communal agenda through cries of cow protection and conversion will be replaced and the farmer will take centre stage.
But despite meeting the families of the victims of police firing on Saturday, Chouhan ended his fast only the next day, possibly in order to exploit media coverage of his fast to the hilt.
He said the irrigation facility has increased manifold and due to abundant water, farmers were reaping rich harvest.
Reaching Dussehra Maidan this morning, Chouhan addressed his Cabinet and other leaders and also held a discussion with them before beginning the agitation.
A video has surfaced purportedly showing a woman Congress MLA from Madhya Pradesh inciting people to set a police station in Shivpuri ablaze.
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