Mysuru: About 45 members of Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers Association were taken into preventive custody by City Police while they tried to block Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway near the Ring Road junction, here this morning. They were taken into custody as they continued to protest despite Police asking them to vacate the place.
The farmers protested against Central Government’s decision to enter Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, a proposed free trade agreement between the ten Member-Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its six FTA (Free Trade Agreement) partners.
