BRS leaders lodged a complaint with the ED alleging a Rs 423 crore paddy procurement scam involving Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Civil Supplies officials. They claimed funds were siphoned off through money laundering and demanded a wider probe by central agencies
Women farmers participated, holding pesticide bottles, highlighting their desperation and financial distress. They urged authorities to take swift action to prevent further losses.
Former Ministers and senior BRS leaders T. Harish Rao and S. Niranjan Reddy lashed out at the Congress government in Telangana for betraying the farmers of Telangana
Vehicular traffic on Jagtial-Dharmapuri main road came to a standstill as farmers sat on the road. Knowing about the incident, police rushed to the spot and diverted traffic in other ways.
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While the Chief Minister is busy with beauty pageants, farmers are collapsing under the Sun, with no government in sight. This is not negligence, but a State murder, the BRS working president said
The couple Bollam Ramaiah and Chandrakala of Pullaiah Banjara village of Kallur mandal in the district brought paddy to the local purchase centre 20 days ago. The produce was soaked and swollen due to untimely rains as the authorities failed to purchase paddy even after 20 days.
Despite the government's market intervention initiative aimed at parallel purchases to prevent distress sales, the impact has been minimal. Private buyers, particularly millers, remain largely absent from the market
Rahul Raj saw the farmers cleaning the paddy on a cleaner at the procurement centre. He then picked up a basket and filled it with the paddy with a shovel. While the farmers were watching, the Collector carried the basket to the cleaner and poured the grains on it to examine how it works.