Bhopal, Jun 11 (Zee News): Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday ended his indefinite fast he was observing for the restoration of peace in Madhya Pradesh.
Earlier today, the MP CM, with wife Sadhana on his side and a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi behind him, had sat on fast for the second day at a pandal in BHEL's Dusshera ground.
The CM had began his indefinite fast yesterday and had met a large number of farmers.
Chouhan had earlier said that the government stood firm with the farmers.
However, an organisation of farmers had yesterday said that they will continue the agitation till their demands, including loan waiver and better price of their produce, are met.
Earlier, the farmers 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.
In the last 10 days, farmers have resorted to violence during their stir for various demands, including a complete loan waiver.
Meanwhile, Mandsaur, the epicentre of the farmers' agitation, remained peaceful today with relaxation in curfew continuing.
However, prohibitory orders under section CrPC 144, which bans assembly of more than four persons, will remain in force in the district, as per PTI.
Curfew was lifted from all the three police station areas of Mandsaur city yesterday.
The curfew will remain in Pipliamandi police station area which is 15 kms from Mandsaur district headquarters and where five farmers were killed in separate police firings during the agitation.
"The situation is peaceful and there are no reports of violence so far," Collector OP Srivastava and SP Manoj Singh said.
Farmers in the state began protests over low prices for their crops on June 1.
The Mandsaur-Neemuch region, about 300 km from the state capital Bhopal, became the nerve centre of the gathering storm of farmer distress. Later, protests spread to some other parts of the state.
In Mandsaur, the curfew was imposed after five persons were killed in police firing during a farmers' protest on June 6.
With PTI inputs