Belagavi, Nov. 2 -- BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai has assured agitating sugarcane farmers in Karnataka that he would approach the Centre's sugar pricing panel and seek an interim financial relief package to address their concerns over cane prices and facilitate the commencement of crushing operations at sugar factories.
Bommai said he had sought an appointment with the sugar pricing panel, headed by Ramesh Chand, in New Delhi on Thursday, where he would submit a letter seeking interim relief for farmers. He would also urge union Minister Pralhad Joshi to accept the proposed relief formula.
He gave the assurance after farmers confronted him following a Rajyotsava function in Haveri on Sunday, demanding his intervention in the ongoing agitation o...