According to reports, the incident flared up after several farmers, ready to supply sugarcane to the factory, started taking out tractors towards the factory.
The state earns about Rs 30,000 crore annually from sugar byproducts, while the Rs 50 per tonne subsidy will cost only around Rs 300 crore, the BJP leader said.
Earlier, the government had offered Rs 3,200 per tonne, which farmers rejected, insisting on Rs 3,500 per tonne in line with rates in neighbouring Maharashtra.
The farmers, led by Chonappa Pujari, remained resolute, declaring that the movement would escalate dramatically if the CM failed to announce the Rs-3,500 rate by Friday evening.
