Sugarcane farmers’ padayatra enters third day

Sugarcane farmers’ padayatra enters third day left Sugarcane farmers taking out a mock funeral procession of Union Minister Pralhad Joshi during the Hubballi Chalo padayatra in Belagavi on Friday. P.K. BADIGER P.K. BADIGER https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/h0f02q/article71593204.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/9727_16_10_2026_17_14_36_2_17BGMPJFUNERALPROTEST1.JPEG BADIGER PK Karnataka belagavi 16 10 2026. Sugarcane Farmers take out a mock funeral procession of union minister Pralhad Joshi, during the Hubballi Chalo padayatra in Belagavi on Friday Belagavi Even as the Hubballi Chalo padayatra entered its third day in Belagavi, farmers began preparing the stage for an indefinite strike in Gurlapur village near Gokak in Belagavi district, in case the Union government delays the fulfilment of their demands. A team led by farmer leader Chunappa Pujeri began walking from the Suvarna Soudha to Kittur on the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway, saying they would lay siege to the residence of Union Minister Pralhad Joshi in Hubballi.