CM Shivakumar to hold separate meetings with sugar mill owners and cane growers in Belagavi

Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar is scheduled to visit Belagavi district on October 25 and 26 to participate in the Kittur Utsav. During his visit, he will hold separate meetings with sugar mill owners and sugarcane growers to discuss their demands. The Chief Minister will arrive at Sambra airport on October 25 at 4.40 p.m. and stay in Belagavi overnight.

On October 26, he will inaugurate the Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti celebrations and procession at 10 a.m., followed by meetings with sugar mill owners at 11 a.m. and sugarcane growers at 1.30 p.m. The meetings are significant as the Chief Minister has already met protesting farmers during their 'Hubballi Chalo' agitation last week, promising to convene a meeting on the issue.

If their demands are not met during the meeting on October 26, the State president of the Karnataka Rajya Raita Sangha has threatened to call for a 'Karnataka Bandh' on October 27.

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