Bengaluru, Nov. 7 -- Amid the ongoing protests of sugarcane farmers, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday accused the Central government of not raising the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for sugarcane farmers. The chief Minister has also written to the central government much before but he has not received cooperation from the ministers from Karnataka.

"The central government is not increasing the MSP rate to complement the FRP rate. The central government has not increased the MSP rate since 2019. It has not increased the ethanol rate either," the Chief Minister's office said.

Earlier today, CM Siddaramaiah held a meeting with sugarcane farmers and factory owners at Vidhan Soudha hall.

According to the statement, the factory o...