"farmers-protest"

Farmers had raised concerns that they were being paid Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500 less per quintal than the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 7,521 for premium-quality cotton

Senior BRS leader and Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao will join the padayatra at Chelgal and walk along with Sanjay Kumar and others up to Jagtial

The paddy purchases at the local procurement centre continued to be tardy and the stocks moved to the yards were being rejected repeatedly on the pretext that the moisture content was above the permissible levels, the farmers said.

Cotton farmers, who turned up in large numbers, on Friday were disappointed that the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) and traders were not offering support price of Rs.7,500 per quintal to farmers.

Raising slogans against the Congress government, the farmers assembled in large numbers at Pardipur village on Thursday morning.

The farmers gathered in large numbers outside the minister's gate right from 4 am, raised slogans expressing their discontent, as he did not respond to them immediately.

Harish Rao said before the elections, Rahul Gandhi had begged for votes from unemployed youth after visiting libraries, but now the Congress government was resorting to lathicharges on job aspirants.

Telangana has witnessed an unprecedented outbreaks of protests against the Congress over different issues at multiple places on Saturday

As part of ‘Chalo Collectorate’ programme, farmers from different mandals of the district gathered in the town in big numbers and took out a rally to the Collectorate office where they staged dharna

He pointed out that Revanth Reddy, who had claimed that the loan waiver would be his first action upon assuming office, is yet to fulfill this key promise

At a meeting held in Choutuppal town on Friday, the farmers demanded that the government either realign the road plan sparing their agriculture lands or ensure payment of market value as compensation

Say they were unable to buy fodder for their cattle and to meet day-to-day expenses due to delay in payment of bills

The farmers, who borrowed more than Rs.2 lakh, had repaid the additional amount to banks, but many were yet to get the waiver. They also said majority of farmers in the village had not yet got the loan waiver.

Unrest among farmers is continuing in the State, with Thursday witnessing a crude attempt by the Congress government to quell their voices before they took their protest to the State capital.

The demonstrators, led by former MLA K Prabhakar Reddy, voiced their opposition to the forcible acquisition of their agricultural lands without fair compensation.

The former Minister highlighted that despite the Congress party’s lavish promises, none had been implemented, prompting farmers from all over the State to seek the attention and support of the BRS chief

Farmers continued to hit the streets in several areas in the State raising basic issues, including water for their crops.

The former Minister emphasized that the Chief Minister’s statements had not matched the actual disbursement figures, leading to trust deficit and lack of transparency

The incompetent Congress government was playing havoc with the farmers. Hardships the farmers were being subjected to would not augur well for the State, said KTR

The incident occurred when a large number of farmers, activists of Left parties and Telangana Rashtra Rythu Sangham arrived at the district collectorate to stage a protest seeking an unconditional crop loan waiver