Malenadu Raitara Horata Samiti, a forum of farmers in the Malnad region, has resolved to stage a series of protests starting August 15 if the Karnataka Government fails to address the issue of land grant in Shivamogga district.
Addressing a media conference in Shivamogga on July 12, Ti.Na. Srinivasa, president of the forum, claimed that the people who parted with their land for Sharavathi reservoir and the bagair hukum cultivators had been facing harassment by the Forest Department. Leaders of the Congress party, including Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar, had addressed a rally of farmers in Shivamogga before the elections and assured them that the issues would be resolved if they came to power.
