Bhopal, July 29 -- Farmers protesting over moong procurement at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and scrapping of e-token system for fertilisers continued their agitation on the Bhopal-Narmadapuram highway after being stopped by police while marching towards the Chief Minister's residence on Wednesday.

The protesting farmers had begun their march from Narmadapuram and were heading to Bhopal to gherao the Chief Minister's residence, demanding 100 per cent procurement of moong at MSP, withdrawal or reform of the e-token system for fertilisers, and resolution of several agriculture-related issues.

The police, however, stopped them on the way, near CSIR-AMPRI Institute in the state capital Bhopal, following which the farmers staged a sit-in ...