Kolhapur, Oct. 10 -- Taking an aggressive stance against cooperative sugar factory owners and the state government, Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) national president and former MP Raju Shetty demanded FRP (Fair Remunerative Price) of Rs 5,500 per tone for this year's crushing season, including Rs 4,500 first instalment, Rs 500 instalment after the sugar factories' crushing season is closed, and Rs 500 grant from the central government.
Addressing a huge 25th 'Uas Parishad" (sugarcane convention), held this evening at Vikramsing ground in Jaysingpur town in Hatkanangale tehsil of this district, some 35 km from here, Shetty also demanded that the government should give Rs 70 per litre for ethanol, minimum Rs 50 per kg for sugar basic r...