‘Ryots caught in BJP-TRS blame game’
The Hindu
Farmer has the right to raise any crop that gets MSP, says Y. S. Sharmila
Farmers of Telangana are stuck in the blame game played by the TRS government and the BJP-led Centre around cultivation of paddy and its subsequent procurement, observed YSRTP founder-president Y.S. Sharmila on Saturday.
She asserted that growing paddy or whichever crop, once the minimum support price is announced, will remain the right of the farmer and it will be the binding responsibility of the governments to procure the produce.
“However, abandoning farmers, KCR is escaping from that responsibility. What is he going to achieve protesting in his own governance here? He should have protested the day the Centre notified restrictions on paddy procurement from Telangana. He should have organised dharna and press meets in Delhi,” she said.