Dehra Dun, June 16: Members of the BJP and BSP today staged a walkout in the Uttarnchal Assembly over the plight of sugarcane growers in the state alleging that they were being denied their dues. The walk out came after the opposition members sought from the government a categorical assurance that sugarcane farmers would be given all their dues by the mill owners.
However, sugarcane minister Sahuram expressed government's inability to pay back the dues due to severe financial crunch. He said state government has asked the Centre to give a grant of Rs 84 crore as an amount of Rs 190.61 crore was to be paid to the farmers. He said the state was unable to pay the dues until the grant came from the Centre. Bureau Report