The recent remarks of Minister for Sugar and Agricultural Marketing Shivanand Patil that farmers wished for drought to get a loan waiver, came in for flak from Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) whose members staged a rasta roko on Wednesday.
The farmers assembled at the Outer Ring Road-Mysuru Nanjangud Road junction and raised slogans against the Minister besides seeking his apology and resignation.
Hoskote Basavaraju who led the farmers agitation said that the Minister’s flippant remarks betray the mindset of the ruling elite.