UP farmers protest against Adityanath govt for not hiking sugarcane price

This was the second successive year that the Adityanath government did not hike cane price

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh, with the backing of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), laid siege to the states highways, including in Lucknow, on Wednesday against the state for not increasing sugarcane price for the 2019-20 crushing season.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, general secretary of Congress in charge of eastern UP, also sent a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, claiming fertiliser prices had doubled under his regime, apart from the steep hike in power and farm labour costs. She also highlighted outstanding payment for the previous sugar season.

On Saturday, the state had said it would retain the cane State Advised Price (SAP) at