Madhya Pradesh Farmers

Mandsaur farmers' protests updates: Medha Patkar reaches Sehore to support farmers, hold rally

Farmers protest in Madhya Pradesh has started with state government claiming to have made 'appropriate security arrangements'. Mandsaur remains hotbed of all political activities where five farmers were killed in police firing last year today.

Madhya Pradesh farm crisis: Unseasonal hail flatten standing crops in 984 villages, CM orders survey of affected regions

The chief minister said that lists of farmers, who have been affected by the hailstorms, should be put up on the walls of panchayat bhavans and other public places, he said.

Madhya Pradesh farmers' unrest: Five commit suicide over financial problems since Sunday

Five farmers committed suicide in different parts of Madhya Pradesh reportedly due to debt and other problems since Sunday evening, taking the total number of such farmer deaths to 27 in over a fortnight.

Madhya Pradesh farm crisis: Two more farmers commit suicide, death toll 15 in nine days

The reason why the elderly farmer committed suicide was yet to be ascertained, Kotwali police station incharge Akhilesh Dahiya said.

Amit Shah's 'chatur baniya' comment: BJP trying to deconstruct Gandhi's ideology, says Congress' Raj Babbar

Equating the killing of five Madhya Pradesh farmers with Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, the Congress on Wednesday flayed BJP chief Amit Shah's comment on the Father of the Nation and said the BJP was trying to "deconstruct" his image, ideology and thinking.

Shivraj Chouhan blames Centre for farmers' plight

Chouhan said in a tweet that he was extremely worried due to untimely rains and hailstorm in many parts of the state and added that he was undertaking an extensive survey to estimate the loss caused to crops.