Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking an urgent appointment to discuss the “serious situation arising out of the ongoing agitation by sugarcane farmers” in North Karnataka, particularly in Belagavi, Bagalkote, Vijayapura, Vijayanagara, Bidar, Gadag, Hubli-Dharwad and Haveri districts.

The protest by sugarcane farmers in the State demanding a higher price for their produce entered its eighth day in Belagavi on Thursday.

The Chief Minister stated in the letter, dated November 6, that, despite the State Government’s sustained efforts to engage both farmers and sugar mill owners in dialogue, the agitation has intensified, and a growing sense of unrest is emerging among the farming community.

“The State Government has engaged p

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