CM can’t betray farmers on paddy cultivation: Bhatti

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Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader and MLA, Bhatti Vikramarka found fault with the Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao asking farmers to refrain from paddy cultivation after boasting about his government’s commitment to farmers and said it has made the farmers apprehensive.He said it was not proper on part of the Chief Minister to send a veiled threat to the farmers saying the government would not buy paddy in the Kharif season and asked him to issue a clarification as the farmers were agitated. He said if the Central government has refused to buy paddy the Chief Minister cannot leave the farmers in lurch and instead, he should come to their rescue improving marketing structure. He said governments in combined Andhra Pradesh never instilled such fears among the farmers, but helped them when they were in distress. Paddy cultivation has increased due to the projects taken up by the Congress government in the combined State.