Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah meets PM, insists on sugarcane price, AIIMS

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: (Nov 18) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and insisted on demands pertaining to the state, including on Fair Recovery Price of sugarcane, AIIMS for Raichur, the release of flood relief among others.

His demand on sugarcane price came in the wake of farmers' protest in the north Karnataka demanding an increase in the cane procurement price.

The chief minister highlighted several long-standing demands of the state, including the release of over Rs 2,100 crore in flood relief, and the clearance of crucial irrigation projects in his memorandum to Modi.