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B. Y. Vijayendra, BJP State portion president, joined sugarcane growers who are protesting demanding higher prices for their crop, astatine Gurlapur Cross successful Belagavi territory of Karnataka, connected November 4.
“Senior ministers are engaged successful powerfulness play. They are waiting to go the CM. The CM, successful turn, is trying to support his position. Farmers person been connected the streets for 4-5 days now, but the leaders are not coming guardant to perceive to their woes”B. Y. VijayendraBJP State portion president
The protesters stopped postulation connected the Daroor span and sat connected the Nippani-Mudhol roadworthy for a fewer hours, efficaciously closing the road. They gave a telephone for a bandh successful Chikkodi, Athani and Mudalagi. Buses stopped plying successful Chikkodi and surrounding areas. Some backstage offices, schools and colleges were closed successful Chikkodi and Athani.
Chunappa Pujari, a farmers’ leader, demanded that absorption leaders enactment them and that heads of assorted mutts articulation their protest. “We person been protesting for 5 days now. But nary curate oregon Congress MLA, who owns oregon manages sweetener factories, person travel to conscionable us. All the leaders lone coming for elections of legislative bodies oregon cooperative societies. We volition nary longer tolerate specified apathy. Farmers volition thatch a acquisition to leaders who neglect us,” helium said.
“Till now, lone those leaders who neither ain nor negociate sweetener factories person visited the protestation tract oregon expressed support. They see MPs Jagadish Shettar, P. C. Gaddigoudar and Iranna Kadadi, MLAs Duryodhan Aiholi and Siddu Savadi, and erstwhile MLA V. I. Patil person visited us. But different leaders, who ain sweetener factories, person not travel here,” helium said.
Earlier, earlier heading to Gurlapur, Mr. Vijayendra told reporters successful Belagavi that helium was profoundly upset with alleged indifferent of the authorities of Karnataka to the problems of farmers. “Senior ministers are engaged successful powerfulness play. They are waiting to go the CM. The CM, successful turn, is trying to support his position. Farmers person been connected the streets for 4-5 days now, but the leaders are not coming guardant to perceive to their woes. The State Government should beryllium ashamed of itself,” helium said.
“I americium the lad of erstwhile CM B. S. Yediyurappa, who spent his beingness agitating for farmers. I person not travel present arsenic president of the absorption party, but arsenic the lad of Mr. Yediyurappa, whose bosom beats for farmers,” helium said. “In the 2014 wintertime league of the State legislature successful Belagavi, husbandman Vithal Arabhavi mislaid his beingness implicit sugarcane. At that time, B.S. Yediyurappa fought and succeeded successful putting unit connected the past Chief Minister and resolving the problems of sugarcane growers. However, contiguous the farmers are facing hardships, but the authorities is not showing immoderate concern,” helium said.
“Sugarcane growers are demanding outgo of ₹3,500 per tonne of sugarcane. The State Government should person announced the terms earlier farmers came to the streets. But they person not done so, arsenic theirs is an anti-farmer government. Since they tin not beryllium trusted, we person stepped successful to enactment the farmers,” Mr. Vijayendra said.
According to officials figures, sweetener factories successful Karnataka grind six cardinal tonnes of sugarcane annually. This brings successful ₹55,000 crore successful taxation to the authorities of Karnataka.
“Even erstwhile farmers were suffering owed to dense rains, the in-charge ministers of the respective districts, the gross curate and the agriculture curate did not circuit northbound Karnataka. The authorities has nary interest for farmers. That is wherefore contiguous the farmers are again taking to the streets to combat for amended terms for sugarcane,” helium alleged.
“You cognize who owns astir of the sweetener factories successful Karnataka. The authorities should speech to the sweetener mill owners to extremity the deadlock,” helium said.
Responding to B. Sriramulu’s assertion that a caller CM would be the wintertime league successful Belagavi, Mr. Vijayendra said that it was thing caller arsenic Congress MLAs themselves are hinting astatine it. “Everyone knows that determination is anticipation of a alteration of enactment aft the Bihar elections,” helium said.
