Synopsis : Protests by sugarcane farmers in several parts of North Karnataka for better prices for their crop entered its eighth day on 8 November. Farmers have been demanding a minimum price of ₹3,500 per tonne of sugarcane, rejecting the ₹3,200 per tonne offer from sugar mills.

Protests by sugarcane farmers in several parts of North Karnataka for better prices for their crop have brought operations to a halt at 26 sugar factories across the region.

As the protest entered its eighth day on Thursday, 8 November, the state has been witnessing a blame game between the Congress and the Opposition BJP.

Farmers have been demanding a minimum price of ₹3,500 per tonne of sugarcane, rejecting the ₹3,200 per tonne offer from sugar mills.

Farmers said the existing Fair and Remunerative Price (F

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