Besides withdrawing politically motivated cases against Congressmen, the State Government has on Thursday decided to withdraw cases registered against farmers during the protests in the past.

While informing about the Cabinet decisions, Public Relations minister PC Sharma said, “We have decided to withdraw politically motivated cases slapped on thousands of people in Madhya Pradesh.”

There are around 308 such cases pending in Bhopal alone while the number of such cases in Madhya Pradesh is in thousands and we would withdraw all these cases after due legal formalities, Sharma added.

The minister claimed he himself was framed in one such cases and another case is pending against his cabinet colleague Jitu Patwari who was also present on the occasion. When asked specifically whether the government plans to also take back criminal cases slapped on thousands of farmers during protests in last few years, Sharma claimed all the cases where innocents have been framed would be withdrawn.

All such cases would be sent to Home ministry by district collectors and in co-ordination with the Law ministry, the cases would be withdrawn through courts, he added.

A committee would be set up to compile details of all these cases, said Sharma.

Sports and Youth Welfare minister Jitu Patwari on the occasion clarified on the confusion prevailing on the loan waiver announcement saying the outstanding farm loans as on March 31, 2018 would be waived off and those who have paid their dues till December 12, 2018 would also benefit from the scheme.