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Hyderabad: In a deliberate and brazen attempt to misguide the farmers of Telangana on a day when Telangana took the battle on paddy procurement to New Delhi, union Parliamentary Affairs Minister V Muralidharan on Monday asserted that Centre was willing to bear the entire paddy procurement cost. This is in sharp contrast to what union […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao put the BJP government at the Centre on notice on Monday when he set a sharp 24-hour deadline for the union government to make its stand clear on procurement of the entire paddy crop from Telangana besides formulating a uniform food grains procurement policy. “If the Centre fails to […]
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Hyderabad: The political heat in New Delhi will go up several notches on Monday when the entire Telangana State Cabinet, elected representatives of TRS and party leaders embark on an unprecedented day-long ‘Maha Dharna’ against the BJP government at the Centre for its discrimination towards the State in paddy procurement. TRS President and Chief Minister […]
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Hyderabad: Bharatiya Kisan union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait has extended support to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s (TRS) protest in New Delhi on Monday and said he will participate in the demonstration demanding that the Central government procure paddy produced in Telangana. He also pitched for the uniform procurement policy that is being demanded by […]
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New Delhi: Alleging that Centre’s paddy procurement is “discriminatory”, TRS leader K Kavitha on Sunday said that the Union government’s policies are threat to national food security system. Ahead of the Telangana Rastra Samiti protest against the Centre’s paddy procurement policy in the national capital on April 11, the leader inspected the protest site at […]
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Hyderabad: Industries Minister and TRS Working president KT Rama Rao said the paddy procurement issue was not just about farmers struggle but it was also about Telangana’s self-respect. On Saturday, the Minister shared a video clip on twitter, in which union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy and State BJP president Bandi Sanjay assured that Central […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Saturday alleged that the ruling party was attempting to rake up Telangana sentiment once again through the paddy procurement issue and derive political mileage. In an open letter addressed to farmers, he requested them to understand the reality and act accordingly. He urged farmers to be […]
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Adilabad: Forest Minister A Indrakaran Reddy declared that the TRS would continue its fight against the union government until it procures paddy produce of Yasangi season, while condemning what he termed as stubborn attitude towards Telangana. He took part in a protest by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) held at the office of municipality and […]
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Hyderabad: TRS MLC K Kavita attacked the union government for reneging on the promise of procuring paddy from the farmers of Telangana and advised it against getting into confrontation with farmers again by dereliction of its duties. She demanded that the Centre procure every grain of paddy from the farmers as was promised earlier. Speaking […]
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Hyderabad: Continuing its stir against the Centre over the paddy procurement row, the TRS on Thursday staged protests across the State. The entire party cadre including Ministers, MPs, legislators and other leaders led the protests which were held in 32 district headquarters demanding the union government procure the entire paddy from the State during the […]
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Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has called upon the people of Telangana and the farmers to continue with the fight against the BJP government at the Centre till it concedes to the State’s demand of procuring all the paddy produced in both Vanakalam and Yasangi seasons. Addressing farmers and TRS cadre at the “Maha […]
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Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday alleged that both the State and Central governments were trying to play political one-upmanship on the paddy procurement issue. “It is the responsibility of both TRS and BJP government at the State and Centre respectively to procure paddy produced by farmers’ in the State,” he said, speaking […]
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Hyderabad: Braving the searing summer heat, Ministers, TRS leaders and party workers hit the streets to stage protests across Telangana on Monday demanding that the BJP government at the Centre procure the entire paddy produced during Yasangi season in the State. Minister and TRS leaders accompanied by party workers held placards and raised slogans against […]
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Hyderabad: TRS Parliamentary Party leader K Keshava Rao took union Food Minister Piyush Goyal to task for refusing to procure paddy from Telangana citing technicalities and insisting that Telangana supply only raw rice to the Centre. Rao reminded that considering technicalities, the Centre through the Food Corporation of India (FCI) should procure only paddy from […]
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Hyderabad: For the BJP government at the Centre, converting a request into threat comes easy. At least that’s what union Food Minister Piyush Goyal made it out to be in Parliament on Friday. Goyal, accusing the TRS of misleading the farmers of Telangana State over paddy procurement, alleged that some Chief Ministers were issuing ‘Dhamkis’ […]
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Karimnagar: The general body meeting of Municipal Corporation of Karimnagar, passed a unanimous resolution demanding that the central government purchase each and every grain produced during Yasangi and Rabi seasons in the state. The general body meeting, held under the chair of Mayor Y Sunil Rao here on Thursday, adopted the resolution in the wake […]
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Hyderabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s uninformed comments on the contentious paddy procurement issue on Tuesday triggered a war of words between the TRS and Congress leaders in social media platforms, with the pink party castigating the MP for not taking a stand on the crucial ‘One Nation, One Procurement’ policy sought by Chief Minister K […]
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Karimnagar: CPI State secretary Chada Venkat Reddy found fault with the Central government for showing discrimination towards Telangana by not implementing assurances given in Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. It was wrong on the part of the Centre to create troubles for farmers in paddy procurement, he said. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao should not remain […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Saturday alleged that the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was blaming the Centre on paddy procurement issue to divert the attention of people from the recently increased power charges. Addressing a press conference, he reiterated that the Central government would purchase every grain from farmers. “We […]
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Hyderabad: Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal’s reported comments asking Telangana government to get people habituated to consuming broken rice sparked outrage in the State with people from different sections of society questioning the union Minister in having the audacity to make such a suggestion. Several people, peeved by the […]
