Agitation by farmers in Madhya Pradesh that left at least five dead in police firing, resulted in a protest by the members of the State Sugarcane Cultivators’ Association here on Thursday.
Led by association president Kurubur Shanthakumar, the association sought the dismissal of the Madhya Pradesh government and burned the effigy of the State’s Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
The farmers blocked the road and held up traffic for sometime and raised slogans against the Madhya Pradesh government holding it responsible for the death of the agitating farmers in Mandsaur. The association demanded the implementation of the recommendations of the Swaminathan Committee on agriculture and announcement of loan waiver by the Centre. Mr. Shanthakumar said representatives of farmers from across India are meeting in New Delhi on June 10 and if the government doesn’t respond to their demands, then a nation-wide agitation will be launched in support of their demands. The association has also called for taluk level and district level protests from Friday.
