Bengaluru, June 28 -- Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday said he is still ready to discuss the Bidadi crisis with the Chief Minister, but insisted the meeting should be held in the presence of farmers, not at Vidhana Soudha.

Speaking to the media at the party's state office JP Bhavan, Kumaraswamy said, "I am still ready to sit with farmers and discuss the Bidadi crisis. If the Chief Minister comes, I will also come."

"I wrote a letter to the Chief Minister about the plight of Bidadi farmers. He has not replied to it so far. When I invited him to sit and discuss with farmers, he did not come," he said.

"I am still ready to go to Bidadi and discuss the issue sitting among farmers. Instead of doing that, they are bringing outsiders...