<p>Faced with a protest by farmers and almost all opposition parties over sugarcane pricing, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday held an emergency meeting on the issue with senior cabinet colleagues.<br /><br />Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Home Minister P. Chidambaram attended the meeting at Parliament House.<br /><br />Asked about the decision taken at the meeting, the ministers did not disclose anything. However, sources said: “The decision taken at the meeting will be placed before the cabinet today (Thursday).” The cabinet meeting will take place at 5 pm here. Meanwhile, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi also met Manmohan Singh separately over sugarcane pricing and the Bundelkhand package issue.</p>
<p>Faced with a protest by farmers and almost all opposition parties over sugarcane pricing, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday held an emergency meeting on the issue with senior cabinet colleagues.<br /><br />Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Home Minister P. Chidambaram attended the meeting at Parliament House.<br /><br />Asked about the decision taken at the meeting, the ministers did not disclose anything. However, sources said: “The decision taken at the meeting will be placed before the cabinet today (Thursday).” The cabinet meeting will take place at 5 pm here. Meanwhile, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi also met Manmohan Singh separately over sugarcane pricing and the Bundelkhand package issue.</p>
