BJP to fight for farmers’ cause
The Hindu
Accuses CM of pushing a rich State into debt
State BJP will increase protests in the coming days for the cause of farmers to put pressure on the government to fulfil the assurances made like loan waiver, free supply of fertilizers, right price for their produce and efficient procurement, said party president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Sunday. Participating in the party’s Kisan Morcha meeting at Yadagirigutta, he accused the TRS government of being ‘anti-farmer’, seeking to crush any kind of protest with illegal arrests and repression across the State. “Farmers’ plight has not changed even after Telangana formation with suicides continuing and the Rythu Bandhu scheme is going waste. We will not keep quiet and will make sure this tyrannical and arrogant regime comes to its knees. My proposed State-level maha padayatra from next month is precisely to understand the issues at the local level,” he said.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.