Farmers defy prohibitory orders, head to Armoor for crop loan protest

On Friday, a joint action committee (JAC) of farmers announced a 'Chalo Armoor' march scheduled for Saturday to demand a crop loan waiver for all farmers without any conditions. The JAC has urged two members from each household to join the protest at Mamidipally Cross Roads in Armoor.

Nizamabad: Defying prohibitory orders issued by the police against holding ‘rasta roko’ programme at NH-44, Mamidipally cross road in Armoor demanding the State government to release the crop loan amounts, farmers of Armoor, Balkonda and Nizamabad Rural Constituencies of the district have started moving towards the venue.

A joint action committee (JAC) of farmers on Friday called for a ‘Chalo Armoor’ march on Saturday demanding crop loan waiver for all farmers regardless of conditions. The JAC has called for two members from each household to attend the protest at Mamidipally cross roads in Armoor.

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Opposition BRS, BJP, Left parties and other organisations have lent their support to the programme. Nizamabad MP Arvind Dharmapuri extended his solidarity with the farmers. BRS leaders and a few farmers’ associations are actively working to make the programme successful.

About 3500 police personnel have been deployed to deal with the situation. The Armoor town has been completely taken over by the police, with common man finding it difficult to take up day to day activities.

The police are using a jammer vehicle at the demonstration venue to stop agitators from using mobile phones to shoot the event and post it on social media platforms . The farmers alleged that the police was unnecessarily provoking the farmers by its action.

The farmers warned that if the jammer was not removed from the demonstration venue they would move towards the national highway to stage a protest.