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Raitha Morcha, the farmers’ portion of the Shivamogga territory BJP, staged a protestation present connected November 28, alleging that the State authorities had failed to support the interests of farmers successful the district.
Party workers and leaders took retired a march from Gopi Circle to the Deputy Commissioner’s office, wherever they staged a dharna. The postulation connected the roadworthy successful beforehand of the bureau was affected owing to the protest.
Addressing the gathering, enactment leaders said that farmers person not been getting prime powerfulness for their crops, and that galore person mislaid their pump sets owing to debased voltage. Areca growers person been suffering due to the fact that of assorted diseases affecting their crops, portion paddy, jowar, and ragi growers person not been getting suitable prices for their crops.
Further, owing to the human-elephant conflict, farmers successful galore parts of the territory person been uncovering it hard to support their crops. The authorities has delayed distributing compensation for the harvest nonaccomplishment caused by chaotic animals. They urged the authorities to procure maize from growers astatine the minimum enactment price.
Former BJP territory president T.D. Megharaj, addressing the protesters, said that those holding powerfulness successful the State were not acrophobic astir farmers’ problems arsenic they person been engaged purchasing MLAs.
District BJP Raitha Morcha president Siddalingappa, territory BJP president N.K. Jagadish, and others led the protest.
