Bengaluru, Nov. 6 -- Amid protests by sugarcane farmers demanding a fair price in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the central government sets the fixed-rate price.

Targeting the Centre for "playing tricks" with farmers, the Chief Minister said that he has called a meeting with farmer leaders on Friday at 1 pm.

Siddaramaiah said he will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, informing him about the farmers' protest and their demand for a support price of Rs 3500.

Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, he said, "We discussed 19 issues in the Cabinet. Along with that, there was a long discussion about the sugarcane growers' protest in Belgaum. The fixed-rate price is set by the central government. The state only impl...