Fresh Bid To Solve Cane Price Row

Sharad Yadav calls meet on Sunday as mills refuse to pay state advisory price

In an attempt to diffuse a issue that can turn into a potent election issue, Union Food Minister Sharad Yadav has convened a meeting to discuss the problem of higher procurement prices to sugarcane farmers on May 4.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati had called on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee last week to discuss the problem.