Belagavi, Oct. 26 -- Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday held high-level meetings in Belagavi to address a brewing agrarian crisis, engaging separately with sugar factory owners, local MLAs, and farmer representatives to break an ongoing deadlock over minimum support prices (MSP) and pending industrial dues.

The high-stakes deliberations follow mounting pressure from agricultural unions and come in the wake of widespread concerns raised by farmers during the Chief Minister's recent visit to Kittur.

Addressing the media on the objective of the meetings, CM Shivakumar emphasised that safeguarding the welfare of cultivators remains the administration's primary obligation, while acknowledging that the grievances of sugar mill o...