Chief Minister S Siddaramaiah on Tuesday urged the central government for immediate financial relief to the Karnataka’s Red Chilli farmers now caught in a debt crisis arising out of a double whammy – unsold inventories of last year and current crop yields, leading to a glut in the market and resultant plummeting prices.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC President DK Shivakumar has strongly denied speculation about his alleged proximity to the BJP, calling it “propaganda.”