Overview
- The growers’ agitation entered its seventh day across north Karnataka with road blockages reported in Belagavi, Bagalkote and Haveri.
- Law Minister H K Patil invited a delegation to meet Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru, but farmer leaders refused to travel and demanded a higher price announcement by Thursday.
- The government scheduled talks with sugar mills and officials on Friday and pledged to announce its decision by 2 pm.
- MB Patil said the issue would be taken up in the cabinet and promised a fair price outcome, while directing factories to make timely FRP payments.
- Siddaramaiah criticized the Centre’s FRP framework, planned meetings with factory owners and farmers on Friday, and said he would seek time with the Prime Minister, as BJP leaders joined the protests and pressed for Rs 3,500 per tonne.