Some farmers in Veerapur village near Kittur in Belagavi district refused to pay electricity bills saying that they will let the State government do it.
When a GESCOM bill collector went to Veerapur village distributing bills and asking people to pay them, he was asked to go back.
Some farmers, Murigeppa Hanumantappa and Basanagouda Basarikod, told him that they will not pay their light bills and said that the State government will do it on their behalf. Soon, other residents of the village and some women joined the group.