Overview
- The statewide agitation intensified on Tuesday when farmers attempted to lay siege to the Mysuru deputy commissioner's office, launched 'Jail Bharo' padayatras toward Belagavi and set up road blockades in multiple districts.
- A series of meetings between farmer leaders, factory officials and district ministers failed to break the deadlock because farmers refused offers to start crushing at the existing Fair and Remunerative Price with only contingent written assurances.
- Farmers are demanding a procurement package of ₹5,500 per tonne made up of a ₹4,500 FRP for a 10.25% recovery plus a proposed ₹1,000 state subsidy, restoration of the FRP base recovery, timely payments within 14 days and crop insurance.
- Leaders have set a major convention at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on November 6 and announced planned highway blockades such as the demonstration near Gaddanakeri Cross in Bagalkot as the next escalation if no settlement is reached.
- Officials warn that continued delay in fixing prices risks crop drying and lower sugar yields, traffic disruption and cross-border road actions in Maharashtra while state ministers have appealed for a truce and sought a central MSP decision to defuse the stand-off.