Shukla tries to reap as farmers turn against Jogi

Shukla, who has formed the Chhattisgarh Sangharsh Samiti to consolidate base, asked the Jogi government to explain where crop insurance worth Rs 400 crore was spent. ‘‘The farmers have not been paid,’’ he said.

Tomorrow, he moves to Bilaspur and Raigarh districts where Jogi just finished his padyatra to mobilise the support of farmers. He will tour villages where the government had acquired land for an ambitious irrigation canal but is yet to pay compensation.