Police prevent TPCC chief from proceeding to stage protest on paddy farming
The Hindu
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A large number of police have been deployed around the residence of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president and Malkajgiri MP A. Revanth Reddy in Jubilee Hills here from early on December 27 to prevent him from venturing out and head for Erravelli village of Markook mandal in Siddipet district from staging Rythu Rachhabanda protest.
The police have already denied permission to the protest citing restrictions imposed on public meetings, protests and rallies as part of measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, particularly the Omicron variant following directions from the High Court. The protest meeting at Erravelli has been planned by Kisan Congress, the farmers wing of Congress.
Revanth Reddy planned the protest to question Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao as to how the latter could cultivate paddy in his farm house when the State Government has been advising farmers not to take up the crop this Rabi season stating that the Centre/Food Corporation of India (FCI) has announced not procuring parboiled rice, only which is produced in Telangana in Rabi.