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A husbandman drank from a vessel that seemingly contained pesticide during the protestation by sugarcane farmers for higher prices successful Gurlapur successful Belagavi territory connected Monday.
Lakkappa Gunagar of Alakanur colony successful Raybag taluk, who was successful the crowd, moved person to MP Jagadish Shettar and drank from the bottle. Mr. Shettar and others who noticed it, rushed him to the infirmary immediately. Police said helium is recovering.
Mr. Shettar appealed to the farmers not to instrumentality specified utmost steps. He said that their demands were justified and that they should proceed their protestation till their request were met.
Farmers person been protesting successful Gurlapur and different places for 4-5 days now. But the authorities has remained a mute spectator. It has not taken immoderate steps to explicit solidarity with them. The State authorities should state a Minimum Support Price of ₹3,500 per tonne, different than transport and cutting charges. Only then, farmers volition beryllium capable to marque a profit, Mr. Shettar said. He claimed that backstage and cooperative factories successful Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Haryana were already paying betwixt ₹3,500 - ₹4,100 per tonne.
Members of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, Hasiru Sene, and Karnataka Sugarcane Farmers Association person been protesting for higher prices for sugarcane successful a fewer places successful Belagavi district. On Tuesday, they blocked the Nippani- Mudhol roadworthy for immoderate time.
MLA Duryodhan Aihole, activists Ashok Pujari and Bheemappa Gadag , Subash Patil, BJP territory president and others visited the spot connected Tuesday.
Farmer groups held protests successful Athani, Sambra and Bailhongal connected Tuesday, seeking higher sugarcane prices.
