MP Farmers Movement: Thousands of farmers are agitating on National Highway-52 in Madhya Pradesh. Farmers from 4 districts of the state namely Barwani, Dhar, Khargone and Khandwa districts are involved in this strike. Let us know what is their demand?
Thousands of farmers are agitating on National Highway-52 in Madhya Pradesh. Farmers from 4 districts of the state namely Barwani, Dhar, Khargone and Khandwa districts are involved in this strike. Who have blocked the National Highway in Khalghat of Dhar. To stop the movement of vehicles, farmers have placed trees on the road and sat on them. The administration has deployed hundreds of police personnel on the spot to ensure that the atmosphere does not deteriorate. Let us know what is their demand?
Discussion with Agriculture Minister remained inconclusive
In fact, the agitating farmers of these four districts have many demands including minimum support price (MSP) and loan waiver. Farmers say that we will not leave from here until the government accepts our demands. It is being told that on Saturday, talks were held in Bhopal between representatives of Farmers Federation and Agriculture Minister Andal Singh Kansana, but this discussion remained inconclusive. That means no solution was found.
They also brought cooking utensils along with them.
Let us tell you that farmers from four districts of Nimar region have reached the protest site in tractors. He has brought with him everything ranging from warm clothes to fire-kindling and cooking items. Despite the extreme cold, he is not ready to get up. Looking at them, it seems that their movement is going to last for a long time. Many other organizations have also started reaching out along with them. It is being told that apart from the four districts, a large number of farmers are likely to come from other districts also.
What did the farmers say about the movement?
The agitating farmers say that we have given many applications to the Mohan Yadav government in the last 5 months, but no hearing has taken place till date. Nor did the government give any response on this matter. Now we will not rise until the government accepts our demands. Let us tell you that when the police picked up the farmers in the afternoon, they did not wake up. Instead, after an hour a tree was placed in the middle of the highway. Due to which there is traffic jam. The police administration is keeping an eye on the farmers’ movement with the help of drones.
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