Chita Andolan is back: Why MP's Panna villagers are lying on funeral pyres

Remember the unnerving visuals from Chita Andolan in Madhya Pradesh? Displaced Tribals sleeping on pyres, standing in water for their compensation. The unique protest is back and in its 20th day with agitators battling rain, waterlogging, lathicharge and general apathy by the authorities.Activist Amit Bhatnagar, Jai Kisan Sangathan leader, who has been on a hunger strike for the past four days, was arrested on Wednesday as protesters demonstrated chita, jal, sooli, mitti, bhook (pyre, water, gallows, soil, hunger) other forms of satyagraha. What is happening in Madhya Pradesh's Panna?Bhatnagar accused the Panna administration of suppressing the agitation by lathicharging protesters, including women.Speaking to TOI before his arrest, Bhatnagar said, "For the past three days, the police have been bringing along people dressed in plain clothes, who misbehaved with women, entered their homes and even took away people’s phones which have still not been returned.