Farmers Movement Archive

CM trying to fool farmers, says Revanth

Hyderabad: Telangana Congress president A Revanth Reddy on Sunday said both prime minister Narendra Modi and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao are hand-in-glove in pushing the farmers into distress by stating that paddy will not be procured from the ryots. “KCR is trying to fool the farmers by declaring a war against the BJP government. It is the KCR government which meekly surrendered to the BJP government by giving an undertaking that there is no need to procure paddy. It was CM KCR who supported the centre’s three controversial farm laws,” Revanth said in a sharp response to KCR’s presser on Sunday. The TRS government has given an undertaking to the centre that the state government hereafter will not ask the central government to purchase boiled rice from Telangana. “Who gave KCR the authority to take unilateral decisions on this issue which has a total impact on the lives of farmers? How can he give an undertaking without consulting farmers associations and its leaders?” asked Revanth Revanth alleged that the KCR-government gave the undertaking to save the skin of KCR from CBI and other central investigating agencies' inquiry against him. “The farmers have been fighting against the Modi-government on Delhi borders for a year now. KCR never extended support to them. In fact, KCR went to Delhi on several occasions to meet PM likeTRS party office foundation stone laying ceremony. But KCR never went to the farmers camp to express solidarity. Today, he is trying to fool the farmers and people of Telangana by declaring a war against the BJP government,” Revanth alleged. The Congress had high hopes that CM KCR would come out with measures to protect the interests of Telangana farmers when he convened a media conference on Sunday. However, the Congress and people of the state are disappointed with KCR repeatedly trying to fool and mislead the people by speaking against the BJP government. Only 2000-odd paddy procurement centres have been set up so far against 6,000-odd announced by the state government. “KCR lied when he said Telangana did not increase VAT on fuel. The TRS government increased it by Rs 2 on an occasion and Rs 2 on another occasion in the past. The Congress-government in Punjab has reduced Rs 10 on per litre of fuel,” Revanth said..

The Times of India

2021-11-08

Hyderabad