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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Chouhan to fast & hold talks with farmers -Rasheed Kidwai

Chouhan to fast & hold talks with farmers -Rasheed Kidwai

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published Published on Jun 10, 2017   modified Modified on Jun 10, 2017
-The Telegraph

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today invited the leaders of the agitating farmers for talks tomorrow, while arson attacks continued at many places in Madhya Pradesh and another death was reported from protest hub Mandsaur.

Ghanashyam Dhakad, a 26-year-old farmer, was said to be on his way to a temple last night when some policemen allegedly thrashed him with sticks. He was declared dead this morning at a private hospital in Indore, more than 200km away.

Mandsaur superintendent of police Manoj Kumar Singh and collector O.P. Srivastava said Dhakad's death was being investigated. Police firing had killed five farmers in the district on Tuesday.

Chouhan said he would observe a fast in Bhopal tomorrow as penance for the violence.

"People can come and discuss everything with me. I shall be available until we reach a conclusion," he told a news conference in Bhopal this evening.

Farmer leader Shiv Kumar Sharma of the Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangh - "Kakkaji" to his supporters - cautiously welcomed the talks offer.

"We have been watching this kind of drama for the past 11 years (Chouhan became chief minister in late 2005)," Sharma said, alluding to past farmer protests and what he claims were empty government assurances that followed.

Sharma said: "But if Chouhan can solve the problem, we'll appreciate it. We welcome the move."

The Centre today asked the states adjoining Madhya Pradesh to guard against the protest spreading. Several farmer bodies in Rajasthan and Punjab have threatened agitations if their demands are not met.

Kakkaji, who was once close to the Sangh-BJP, alleged that the arson that had followed Tuesday's police firing had been orchestrated by the cops themselves to tarnish the farmers. "The police and their aides set fire to vehicles," he said.

Chouhan, however, continues to blame "anti-social elements" for the violence and has threatened "strict action against those threatening peace".

Several videos surfaced today purporting to show state Congress leaders instigating mobs to attack or burn police stations.

One of the videos claims to show Congress MLA Shakuntala Khatik in Shivpuri, 400km from Mandsaur, trying to burn Chouhan's effigy and, when the police stop her, telling a mob: " Thane mein aag laga do (Torch the police station)."

Another video appears to feature heated exchanges between Jeetu Patwari, Congress MLA from Indore, and subdivisional magistrate Sandeep Soni, who is heard reminding the lawmaker that he had promised a peaceful protest.

In reply, Patwari accuses the police of getting violent with "peaceful protesters".

A third video purports to show D.P. Dhakad, a Congress politician from Ratlam, asking a mob to burn government vehicles on the Industrial Training Institute's premises.

Ratlam SP Amit Singh vouched for the authenticity of the video and said a case had been registered against Dhakad.

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The Telegraph, 9 June, 2017, https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170610/jsp/nation/story_156111.jsp


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