TRS ridicules BJP’s demand for Kharif paddy purchase
The Hindu
They suggest that BJP leaders get nod for Rabi paddy procurement
Telangana Rashta Samithi (TRS) has ridiculed the protests staged by the State unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in front of Collectorates demanding purchase of paddy produced in the Kharif (Vanakalam) season, when the exercise is already in progress and accused them with playing with the lives of paddy farmers in the State.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Rythu Bandhu Samithi (RBS) Chairman Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, Civil Supplies Corporation (CSC) Chairman Mareddy Srinivas Reddy and others
alleged that the Centre was discriminating against the State in the matter of paddy/rice procurement stating that when it was lifting over 2 crore tonnes of rice every year from Punjab, only half of it was being taken from Telangana for two years. Production of paddy in Telangana was over 3 crore tonnes during 2020-21 agriculture year, they noted.
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