Protesting over the death of five farmers in police firing in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district on Tuesday, the Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS) staged a demonstration here on Thursday.
NKS members marched from Master Canteen Square to lower PMG shouting slogans and holding placards to register their protest.
“The NKS has hit the streets today to protest and condemn the death of farmers in firing in Madhya Pradesh. We express condolence to the deceased farmers’ families. The NKS had earlier staged agitation over the suicide of farmers in Odisha and continuing it,” said NKS advisor Soumya Ranjan Patnaik.
Notably, farmers in Mandsaur had staged a protest demanding better prices for their crops and waiver of loan on Tuesday. The agitating pelted stones at police. In retaliation, police opened fire at the farmers’ mob, leaving five dead, according to official count, but farmer leaders claimed that eight were killed.