CM promises ‘good news’ on future of Mysugar to protesters
The Hindu
He meets protesters at Mandya, while on his way to Mysuru
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday stopped by the venue of the protest against privatisation of Mysore Sugar Company Ltd. or Mysugar at Mandya near here and assured the activists that an appropriate decision with regard to the future of the company will be taken at a meeting convened in Bengaluru on October 18.
Mr. Bommai, who stopped by the statue of Sir M. Visvesvaraya in Mandya on his way to Mysuru to participate in the Vijayadashami celebrations, assured the protestors of “good news.” “I can’t make any announcement here when a meeting has been convened to discuss the issue”, he said when protestors asked him to give an assurance at the venue itself.
The protest by Raitha Hitarakshana Samithi, Mandya, against privatisation of Mysugar, the only government-run sugar factory in Karnataka, entered the 33rd day on Friday.
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