TDP’s ‘rythu kosam’ protest demands fair deal for farmers
The Hindu
Rallies taken out in many Rayalaseema areas
The TDP on Tuesday kicked off a State-wide protest with a slogan ‘Rythu Kosam Telugu Desam’ and demanded that the YSRCP government withdraw its ‘anti-farmer’ policies.
The party leaders and cadre took out protest rallies and submitted memoranda to officials in Nandyal, Kurnool, Hindupur, Anantapur and Kadapa parliamentary constituencies. They raised slogans and displayed placards in protest against the Jagan Mohan Reddy’s “misrule” and the Chief Minister’s ‘indifference’ to the rising debts and problems of farmers in the State. At some places, the protesters went in bullock carts and submitted representations to the local officials. The party intends to continue ‘Rythu Kosam’ protests till September 18.
The ‘protesters’ displayed different crops to convey to the authorities that lack of government support had hit the farmers very hard. Agricultural activity had come to a halt as the government had withdrawn all subsidies with an ulterior plan to ruin the farm sector, they added.