Uttar Pradesh sugar body UP Sugar Mills Association alleges harassment by ruling party politicians

With the sugar crushing season in Uttar Pradesh underway, the Uttar Pradesh Sugar Mills Association, the apex body of sugar mills in the state, is up in arms against ruling party politicians in the state.

With the sugar crushing season in Uttar Pradesh underway, the Uttar Pradesh Sugar Mills Association, the apex body of sugar mills in the state, is up in arms against ruling party politicians in the state, alleging that they are misbehaving with private sectors mills’ staff. Referring to a recent incident at the KK Birla-owned Seohara sugar mill in Bijnore, where a ruling party MLA entered the mill premises along with 40-odd people and physically assaulted the mill staff, the association has, in a letter written by Deepak Guptara, the secretary general of UPSMA, urged chief minister Yogi Adityanath to “ensure that the mill staff at Seohara or any other sugar mill in the state is not subjected to hooliganism at the hands of ruling party members or any kind of mafia elements.”…