Bengaluru, Oct. 25 -- BJP Karnataka president Vijayendra Yediyurappa on Sunday accused Chief Minister DK Shivakumar of shirking the state government's responsibility towards sugarcane growers and demanded that Karnataka announce a support price for the crop.
Accusing the Chief Minister of playing politics over the issue, Vijayendra alleged that Shivakumar, after meeting sugarcane growers, had sought to portray their concerns as the Centre's responsibility, despite the state government benefiting substantially from the sugar industry.
"Thousands of crores of rupees in revenue accrue to the state government through the efforts of sugarcane growers," he said, arguing that the government could not distance itself from the farmers' demands.
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