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BRS working president criticises Union Home Minister and the BJP-led Centre for failing to investigate corruption allegations against the Congress in Telangana. He accuses BJP of shielding Congress while discriminating against Telangana in central project allocations

BRS MLC K Kavitha criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah's upcoming visit to Nizamabad for a third turmeric board inauguration and demanded a Minimum Support Price of Rs 15,000 per quintal. She also slammed the Congress and met with CPI and VRA groups

The BRS MLC sought to know the government's measures to safeguard the farmers, while turmeric prices dropped to Rs 9,000 per quintal

The BRS leaders vowed to continue their fight for Telangana's rightful share, stating that the budget reflected the Centre's apathy towards non-BJP-ruled States

The BRS MLC demands Union government to increase Minimum Support Price (MSP) for turmeric to Rs 15,000, restrict turmeric import and provide logistical assistance, to ensure real support for farmers

The State's turmeric farmers have been asking for the board's headquarters to be established in Nizamabad district.

During the 2019 Parliament elections, Arvind, who was the BJP candidate from Nizamabad, Union Minister Rajnath Singh and senior leader Ram Madhav had promised turmeric farmers to set up a Turmeric Board

Telangana government has been making several requests to the union government to set up a turmeric board at Nizamabad and Rail Coach factory at Kazipet

Nizamabad: TRS MLC K Kavitha hit out at BJP MP Arvind Dharmapuri for failing to fulfill the promise he made to turmeric farmers about establishment of Turmeric Board in the district. “In the last three years, the BJP MP has spoken five times in Parliament but not once did he raise the turmeric board issue […]

Hyderabad: At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the city to unveil a 216-feet tall Statue of Equality, a group of youngsters are protesting at Tank Bund holding a flexi that asks ‘what about equality for Telangana?’ The flexi reads: “Where is the rail coach factory in Telangana? Where is ITIR for […]

Hyderabad: TRS MLA A Jeevan Reddy on Tuesday said the BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind could not step into any village in Nizamabad district if he failed to fulfil his election promise of setting up a turmeric board. Responding to the clash between turmeric farmers and the BJP activists in Issapally village in Armur, Reddy, in […]

Hyderabad: BJP MP from Nizamabad Dharmapuri Arvind tasted the ire of people on Tuesday and had to cut short his visit when turmeric farmers obstructed his convoy and raised slogans demanding his resignation as he failed to get the Turmeric Board sanctioned to Nizambad, as per his election promise. Tension gripped Issapally village in Armur […]

Holding bond papers, the turmeric farmers along with TRS workers raised slogans against the BJP MP

Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao challenged the BJP leaders whether they were ready to set up a coach factory in Kazipet as promised in the State Reorganisation Act

The Union government, the Minister said, appeared to be more focused in announcing projects or extending financial assistance to States that are now poll-bound.

TRS MPs take Union govt to task for rejecting demand to set up Board in Nizamabad

The farmers staged a protest at several villages in Armoor and Balkonda Assembly constituencies

Netizens took to social media to slam the MP with 'CheaterArvind' trending on Twitter with more than 11,000 tweets on Tuesday.

Telangana has turned around in double quick time and has become a force to reckon with in agriculture, IT, industry, pharma, energy and several other sectors

Telangana is the largest producer of turmeric with 3.86 lakh tonnes and has a cultivation area of 1.37 lakh acres.