Politicians like Humnabad MLA Merajuddin Patel from the ruling Janata Dal Secular and Prakash Khandre, the ruling BJP MLA from Bhalki, have alleged that the cooperatives are not taking in sugarcane produced in their constituencies. The Congress leaders have accused the ruling parties of being insensitive to the farmers and the factories.
“It is true that out of nearly 3,000 farmers waiting for their crops to be harvested nearly 1,600 are in Humnabad. But the district administration does not see politics in the issue,” Moutgil said.