Former Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy has sharply criticised the Congress government for restricting crop procurement to limits set by the Centre. He accused the ruling party of betraying farmers, failing to honour promises such as Rythu Bharosa and loan waivers.
BRS working president KT Rama Rao called for statewide protests over alleged delays in crop procurement and failure to establish adequate procurement centres. He accused the Telangana government of neglecting farmers and demanded procurement of all crops at MSP without conditions
"Farmers are in tears at every procurement centre. The crop cultivated with six months of toil is now soaked and damaged due to thunderstorm" Harish Rao said
Hyderabad: Proving its apparent anti-farmer leanings, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is once again at the receiving end of the farmer’s ire in a State ruled by the saffron party itself. The BJP-led Centre, after making Telangana’s paddy farmers suffer by refusing to procure the crop in time earlier this year, is remaining silent even […]
