A section of farmers in Bidadi vicinity are protesting against the land acquisition for Bidadi project and asserted "they will not part with their fertile farm lands." Shivakumar in Vidhana Soudha of Bengaluru on Tuesday wanted the Chief Minister to free them from the 'Red Zone’ tag. He accused Kumaraswamy of ignoring the pleas of farmers to remove the ‘Red Zone’ tag. Responding to the pleas of farmers, Shivakumar assured them to issue final notification to acquire their lands after consultations with officials concerned. Shivakumar made it clear to farmers that “no pressure on farmers to part with their lands.”