Bengaluru, June 27 (ANI): Members of Bharatiya Janata Party took to the
streets of Bengaluru on Saturday to protest the alleged indifferent
attitude of Congress-led government towards sugarcane farmers in
Karnataka. The protest was prompted by the suicide of a debt ridden
farmer in Mandya district who set his sugarcane field on fire and then
jumped into it on Thursday. The farmer, identified as Linge Gowda, was
upset at the non-payment of dues by sugar mills and harassment by
moneylenders which pushed him to take this extreme step. Thousands of BJP
members holding party flags raised slogans against the state government.
BJP member Suresh Kumar said the Congress government is answerable for
the plight of sugarcane growers in the state.
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