Consider farmers with three acres land as farm labourers: AIPKMS

The committee presented a memorandum to Additional Collector Srinivasa Reddy on Monday. Sangh leaders Bandela Venkaiah and Timmidi Hanumantha Rao urged the government to take swift action in providing financial assistance to landless agricultural laborers.

Khammam: All India Progressive Kisan Mazdoor Sangh (AIPKMS) Khammam district committee has demanded the State government to consider farmers with three acres land holding as farm labourers and extend the financial assistance Rs 12, 000 as promised by the government.

The committee submitted a memoerandum to additional Collector Srinivasa Reddy here on Monday.

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The sangh leaders Bandela Venkaiah and Timmidi Hanumantha Rao wanted the government to take immediate steps to extend the financial assistance to the landless agriculture labourers.

The Congress party promised to give Rs 12,000 financial assistance per year to the poor farm labourers after it comes to power. But even after one year the government failed to deliver the promise, they complained.

The leaders demanded Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka to make efforts to provide the financial assistance the agricultural labourers forthwith. Otherwise large scale protests would be staged in the coming days, they warned.