Sena, Cong slam MP CM for fast
Bhopal, June 10: BJP ally Shiv Sena on Saturday hit out at Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the farmers’ unrest in the state, saying instead of sitting on a fast here, the CM should have visited Mandsaur to comfort the farmers.
Congress also dubbed Mr Chouhan’s fast as mere “nautanki” (drama). As the farmers’ protests entered its tenth day in the state, Mr Chouhan launched his indefinite fast at the Dusshera Maidan here on Saturday promising profitable prices to farmers for their produce.
Sena’s media in-charge Apoorva Dubey, who reached the Dusshera Maidan, told reporters, “Instead of sitting here, he should have gone to Mandsaur to comfort and help the farmers. Chouhan should sit indefinitely on the fast till the farmers’ woes are mitigated, or we else will launch an indefinite fast in support of the farmers.”
“Those farmers who have come to the Dussehra Maiden had been brought by the ruling BJP. Farmers’ stir is the result of the failure of Chouhan, the state bureaucracy and the police,” he alleged.
Later, a delegation of Shiv Sena met Mr Chouhan and suggested ways, including a loan waiver, to end the farmers’ unrest.
State Congress chief spokesperson K.K. Mishra said, “Chouhan should
tell people whether his so-called fast is a nautanki, an event or an act of repentance for his misdeeds that set the state on fire.”