Sugarcane farmers in Huvinahadagali protested on Tuesday, demanding that the state government fix a uniform price for the crop across Karnataka rather than allowing regional variations. Farmers Chandrappa and Chandrasekhara Shastri from Kodabala stated that they would not accept discriminatory pricing for Vijayanagara district. They argued that separate prices should not be set for Kittur Karnataka, Kalyana Karnataka, and Madhya Karnataka on the pretext of sugar yield, and instead, a single uniform price should be implemented for the entire state, including Vijayanagara. The protesters also urged the state government to provide incentive funds to sugarcane farmers, following the model adopted by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
Advocate M. Gangadhar addressed the gathering at the taluk office. Jyoti Kanakamma, who also spoke, described the situation of sugarcane farmers as worrying. She demanded that the government distribute the tax revenue collected from factories to the farmers. Kanakamma noted that farmers from this region had participated in the Belagavi struggle and insisted that a uniform price must be declared.