Bengaluru (The Hawk): B.T. Naganna, the secretary of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Karnataka, denounced on Thursday the use of force by the police against farmers from about 20 different districts of the state who had gathered in Mandya demanding fair and remunerative prices (FRP) for a variety of crops, including sugarcane.
"The farmers have been protesting for the previous 52 days, but the state administration has paid no attention to their demands," Naganna stated during a press conference at the AAP headquarters in this location. The state government is making an effort to prevent the agitation in order to avoid embarrassment since Union Home Minister Amit Shah is visiting the state. The government has now turned to using excessive police force to subdue the protestors as punishment. By taking down the protesters' tents and arresting them, the police have engaged in atrocities. By doing so, the government is ignoring the farmers' right to protest.