Farmers Movement Archive

Telangana assembly may pass resolution against farm laws

HYDERABAD: Telangana is likely to follow West Bengal, which passed a resolution against the farm laws in the state assembly, and pass a similar resolution against the Centre’s agriculture laws in the upcoming budget sesssion. The session is likely to begin either in the second or third week of February. The West Bengal government passed the resolution by convening a special session on Thursday. Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is believed to have discussed the issue with senior party functionaries on Thursday. Sources said the CM wants to send a clear message to the farmers that his government is very much with them and by passing a resolution in the assembly, he does not want to give any scope to the opposition parties to criticise his government. “TRS government opposes farm bills. It is not correct to say that the party took a U-turn on the farm laws. Our party had opposed the laws in Parliament and our party leaders participated in Bharat bandh. State government had time and again proved that it is a pro-farmer government,” Rythu Bandhu Samithi chairman Palla Rajeshwar Reddy told TOI. “Since the opposition party is likely to make an issue during the upcoming assembly session, state government will voluntarily pass a resolution to register our protest,” a minister said.

The Times of India

2021-01-30

Hyderabad