India News | T'gana Congress Holds Protest Demanding Paddy Procurement from State
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. : Congress in Telangana on Thursday held a protest here demanding that paddy procurement be taken up without delay in the State.
Hyderabad, Nov 18 (PTI): Congress in Telangana on Thursday held a protest here demanding that paddy procurement be taken up without delay in the State.
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Referring to the ongoing war of words between the BJP and the ruling TRS over paddy procurement, the State Congress president and MP A Revanth Reddy alleged that the two parties indulged in a drama and doing injustice to the farmers.
He announced a campaign by the Congress to reach out to the ryots in the fields from Friday.
Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao who held a dharna against NDA government over paddy procurement on Thursday had earlier claimed that he would buy every grain produced in the State.
Congress MLA D Anasuya, popularly known as Sitakka, claimed that the ruling TRS does not have the moral right to hold a dharna as it had earlier supported the "black" farm laws.
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