Farmers being slaughtered in BJP's 'new India': Rahul Gandhi on Mandsaur violence

New Delhi, June 6 Hitting out at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-drove government over the farmers' dissent in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur, Congress VP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday blamed the Center for being at war with the country's farmers.

Taking to social media, Gandhi stated, "This Govt is at war with the ranchers of our nation."

No less than three farmers were killed and a few others were harmed in a firing by security forces in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur today, as farmers escalated their tumult requesting reasonable cost and credit waiver.

In the mean time, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has requested a legal enquiry into the matter.

Internet services in Mandsaur, Ratlam and Ujjain stay suspended after the farmers' challenges, and a check in time has additionally apparently been imposed.

The farmers in the central state are requesting gainful costs for their deliver and an advance waiver. They are likewise requesting that they ought to be given Rs 50 for every litre of drain purchased from them as they spend Rs 37 for each litre.

The killing of the farmers came hours after Mandsaur authority Swatantra Kumar Singh asserted all was well in the locale and that the circumstance was under control.