Hundreds of dairy farmers took part in a march taken out under the aegis of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) to the Kerala-Karnataka border on Tuesday in protest against a ban imposed by the Karnataka government on transportation of fodder, including green maize forage, to Kerala.
Addressing the march, LDF convener E.P. Jayarajan said that the stance of the Karnataka government in imposing the ban on the transportation of fodder to Kerala was anti-farmer.
Mr. Jayarajan said the Congress government issued such a ban to protect the vested interests of some corporate companies to promote the sale of their cattle feed in the State market. It would affect both the dairy farmers in the State and the maize farmers in Karnataka, Mr. Jayarajan said.
