ROHTAK, Nov. 12 -- The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday demanded that the Haryana government fix the sugarcane price at Rs.600 per quintal and warned of a major statewide agitation, including a gherao of chief minister Nayab Singh Saini's residence in Kurukshetra on December 2, if the demand was not accepted.

The announcement was made at a mahapanchayat organised outside the Sonepat Cooperative Sugar Mill, where representatives of several farmer organisations gathered to press for a substantial hike in the state-advised price (SAP) of sugarcane.

The protesters submitted a memorandum of their demands to the sugar mill director amid sloganeering. The meeting was presided over by farmer leader Rajendra Kohla.

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