I have always tried do a lot for farmers, their problem is ours: Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

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Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Sunday that he had always tried doing a lot for farmers.

"I have always tried doing a lot for farmers, and their problem is ours. They are our own," he said, as per ANI.

Chouhan continued with his fast today, though reports said that he may end it today.

Chouhan had began his indefinite fast at BHEL's Dussehra ground yesterday for restoration of peace in the state where farmers have resorted to violence during their ongoing stir for various demands, including a complete loan waiver. 

The BJP veteran, who has been at the helm in the state for over a decade, had said that his government was pro-farmer and recalled measures that were underway to make farming a profitable occupation in MP.

He had also hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for trying hard to make agriculture a profitable venture.

Chouhan had added that the government had extended Rs 4,800 crore as relief amount to farmers when their soyabean crop was destroyed last year.

Meanwhile, no major violence was reported from the state yesterday and curfew was lifted from three of the four police station areas in Mandsaur district, the epicentre of the farmers' agitation.

Farmer leaders, had however, asserted that they would continue the agitation till their demands, including loan waiver and better price of their produce, were met.

Earlier, they had said that the stir, which started on June 1 and saw the death of five persons in police firing, will last till June 10.

On the other hand, Madhya Pradesh BJP president Nandkumar Singh Chauhan had said yesterday that the kin of farmers killed in violence in Mandsaur had met MP CM and had urged him to call off his fast.

The BJP leader had added that the kin of four of the five farmers had also asked the CM to ensure that those responsible for their killing are brought to book.

(With PTI inputs)