The Hindu

Mammoth protest at Kittur Chennamma Circle by Sugarcane farmers; Farmers agree for talk at Delhi with Joshi after intervention by MLAs Tenginakai, Patil

Thousands of sugarcane growers from across Karnataka and neighbouring Maharashtra and Telangana staged a massive protest at Kittur Chennamma Circle in Hubballi on Tuesday, demanding remunerative prices for sugarcane and a revision of the minimum selling price (MSP) of sugar. After appeal by union minister Pralhad Joshi, intervention by local legislators they agree for talks at Delhi, withdraw protest