Overview
- Belagavi Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan chaired a meeting with farmer leaders, factory managements, and officials where no compromise was reached on the season’s cane rate.
- The agitation spread across Belagavi, Chikkodi, Athani, Mudalagi, and Hukkeri with road blockades on the Nippani–Mudhol stretch and Daroor bridge, bandh calls, halted buses, and several schools and colleges closed.
- BJP state president B. Y. Vijayendra joined the sit-in at Gurlapur, vowed support to farmers, and warned of a statewide protest if the government does not meet the demand.
- Home Minister G. Parameshwara said he has asked Sugar Minister Shivanand Patil to hold discussions to fix the cane price, cautioning that continued unrest will challenge law and order.
- Police said the farmer who drank suspected pesticide at the protest site on Monday is recovering, an incident that has intensified concern about the standoff.