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Sugarcane farmers who are protesting for higher prices, person enactment disconnected their plans for a Belagavi bandh.
As the protestation entered the 8th day, farmers acceptable a deadline of Saturday evening to Shivanand Patil, Sugar Minister, who met them astatine Gurlapur successful Belagavi territory connected Thursday, November 6.
However, they warned of a State bandh connected Sunday, if their contented was not resolved successful 24 hours.
Farmers refused to question to Bengaluru to enactment successful a gathering convened by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected Friday. They however, authorised Mr. Patil to talk to the Chief Minister and get astatine a remunerative terms for sugarcane. Farmers are demanding ₹3,500 per tonne, isolated from cutting and transport charges, portion factories person agreed to wage ₹3,200.
Sri Shashikant Guru of Inchigeri Shakha Math, 1 of the leaders of the agitation, said that they would not enactment successful the gathering successful Bengaluru, but would entrust this work to the Minister. He vowed to proceed the protestation if the Minister did not denote a higher terms by Saturday.
Chunappa Pujari, different leader, said that farmers associations would artifact 4 large nationalist highways and roads connected Sunday, if the authorities failed to person the factories to wage higher prices.
Mr. Patil said that the powerfulness to hole Fair and Remunerative Prices was with the Union authorities and not the State government. But still, I volition talk to Union Ministers and officers, different Ministers successful Karnataka and mill owners and effort to find a solution. I guarantee you that I volition effort my champion to get the champion woody for farmers. I whitethorn play authorities connected different issues, but not connected the issues faced by farmers. What I do, it volition beryllium aimed astatine farmers’ welfare, the Minister said.
Various farmers groups are protesting successful respective places successful Belagavi, Vijayapura, and Bagalkot districts. BJP has expressed its enactment to the protest. Some seers, members of the Bar Association and Karnataka Rakshana Vedike person besides expressed their support.
