Farmers Movement Archive

Cong padayatras in T aim at twin targets

Hyderabad: The Congress has taken to padayatras in Telangana with the main objective of standing by the farmers and fighting on their behalf against the BJP government at the Centre and TRS government in the state, seeking justice for them. The Congress leaders’ interaction with the peasants, coupled with the party’s demand to repeal the new central farm laws, revive the agriculture produce procurement centres in Telangana and also pass a resolution in the state assembly against central laws will go a long way in helping the Congress to check the rise of BJP and also corner the ruling TRS in Telangana, a political observer said. Congress top guns A Revanth Reddy and Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka have launched padayatras. Others, including T Jayaprakash Reddy, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and V Hanumanth Rao, will soon follow suit. CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka, who launched his 13-day pada yatra ‘Rythulatho Mukha Mukhi’ (face to face with farmers) from Adilabad on Tuesday, is interacting with farmers in their agricultural fields, sharing his meals them and also speaking to them at market yards. Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Reddy, who had planned to organise one-day-long ‘Rajiv Rythu Bharosa’ deekshas in every district, converted it into a 140-km pada yatra from Atchampet in Nagarkurnool district to Hyderabad.

The Times of India

2021-02-11

Hyderabad