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Karnataka CM meets Pralhad Joshi to discuss sugarcane issues
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News18•12-10-2026, 23:45
Karnataka CM meets Pralhad Joshi to discuss sugarcane issues
- •Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar met Union Food Minister Pralhad Joshi to discuss pressing issues faced by sugarcane growers.
- •The late-night meeting took place after Shivakumar missed an earlier meeting called by Joshi with farmer leaders from Karnataka and Maharashtra.
- •Discussions covered the problems of sugarcane farmers, the fixation of a minimum selling price for sugar, and other related matters.
- •Union ministers Joshi and Shivraj Singh Chouhan earlier held a three-hour discussion with farmer leaders in New Delhi.
- •Authorities decided to establish a special committee within a week to address and resolve the grievances of sugarcane growers.
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Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar met Union Food Minister Pralhad Joshi to discuss issues related to state sugarcane growers, including fixing the minimum selling price of sugar and addressing other related grievances.
Following a nearly three-hour meeting in the national capital between Union ministers and farmer leaders from Karnataka and Maharashtra, it was decided to set up a committee within a week to resolve the grievances of sugarcane growers.
Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar visited Pralhad Joshi late at night because he was unable to attend the meeting that Joshi had convened earlier during the day regarding the sugarcane growers' issues and protests.
