A delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarians of Madhya Pradesh led by Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and State president and MP Nandkumar Singh Chouhan called on Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday and demanded compensation for the natural disaster-hit farmers of the State.
The delegation apprised the union minister Singh with the plight of the natural disaster-hit farmers and demanded compensation from the Union Government to provide immediate relief to the peasants of the State. Chouhan informed the union minister that the State Government has provided an immediate relief of Rs500 crore to the affected farmers besides, the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has instructed the officials concerned for estimation of the losses. As soon as the estimation is completed, compensation would be distributed to the affected farmers. As the disaster is large hence, central assistance is required, he added.
Besides Tomar and Chouhan, Thanwarchand Gehlot, Jyoti Dhurve, Faggan Singh Kulaste, Ganesh Singh, Satyanarayan Jatiya, Anil Madhan Dave, Chandan Mitra, Meghraj Jain, Anup Mishra, Bhagirath Patidar, laxminarayan Yadav, Virendra Kumar Khatik, Prahlad Patel, Nagendra Singh, Janardan Mishra, Riti Pathak, Dalpat Singh Paratse, Rakesh Singh, Bodhsingh Bhagat, Rao Udayprtap Singh, Alok Sanjar, Manohar Untwal, Rodmal Nagar, Chintamani Maliviya, Sudhir Gupta, Dilip Singh Bhuriya, Savitri Thakur, Subhash Patel and others were present on the occasion.