Charging the Uttar Pradesh government with failing to give adequate price for sugarcane, RLD chief Ajit Singh today threatened to launch a state-wide agitation if the state government fails to resolve the matter within two days by holding talks with farmers.
"In other states like Haryana and Maharashtra, cane farmers are getting more than Rs 200 for their produce from sugar mill owners, whereas the UP government is giving Rs 180 to them. The state government is only talking to mill owners over the price whereas it should talk directly to farmers and initiate discussions between mill owners and farmers.
"We give two days time to UP government to resolve the issue, otherwise on November 26 we will organise a 'chakka jam' in the entire state," Singh told reporters here.
On the all-party meeting held earlier in the day to discuss the sugarcane pricing issue, Singh said it was decided Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar would meet representatives of sugarcane producing states tomorrow to discuss the changes to be made in the Ordinance which the Centre had earlier moved, wherein it proposes to waive off the state advised price (SAP) for sugarcane.
