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Mandya farmers gherao Mysugar sugar godown

Mandya, Oct 30 (UNI) Sugarcane farmers gheraoed the Mysugar sugar godown here, opposing the sale of stored sugar and demanding that the government fix the cane price at Rs 5,500 per tonne.
The protest was led by farmer leader Chukki Nanjundaswamy and organised by members of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, who raised slogans against the Centre and state governments over the failure to ensure remunerative prices for sugarcane growers.
Tension prevailed after the Mysugar administrative board initially denied the protesters entry into the godown premises and kept the mill's main gate closed. Agitated farmers attempted to enter the premises, with some trying to climb over the gate, but police intervened and stopped them.
Following the escalation, security was strengthened at the mill. The authorities subsequently opened the main gate, allowing the protesters to enter and gather near the sugar godown.
The farmers gheraoed the godown, warning that sugar sales should not continue until a decision was taken on their demand for Rs 5,500 per tonne of sugarcane.
Raitha Sangha district unit president AL Kempugowda described Thursday's agitation as a symbolic protest and warned that the movement would be intensified if the Centre and state governments continued to ignore farmers' demands.
Farmer leaders Shivalli Chandrashekar, Marichangowda and several others participated in the protest.
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