Kolhapur: Farmers’ organisation Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana will be launching a state-wide agitation demanding a hike in the sugarcane purchase price owing to the increased prices of sugar in the global market, reports Uniindia.
Raju Shetty, former MP and the national president of the organisation said that the agitation will be conducted in July after seeking blessings of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s ‘samadhi’.
Apart from cane, Shetty plans to take up issues related to cotton and soybean.
Addressing a meeting of the SSS state working committee held at Alate village in Kolhapur district, he said that the central government has failed to implement a guarantee law in the country despite a nationwide agitation in support of sugarcane.
