Hyderabad: State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday asked the party cadre to take part in large numbers in protests that will be organized by the party in all the district collection offices on Thursday and demand that the state government buy paddy from farmers.
In interaction with district party presidents, leaders and heads of several morchas at the State Party office here, he wondered why the state government is reluctant to buy paddy while the Center has already expressed its readiness to buy 60 lakh metric tons of paddy. The Center also sent a letter in this regard to the State Government.
Sanjay discussed the problems that farmers face due to delay in obtaining paddy, apart from the attitude of the state government towards farmers ’problems. He took strong exception to the TRS blaming the Center on procurement issue. The BJP decided to organize demonstrations at the district collectors’ offices to put pressure on the state government to buy paddy.
The NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is extending Rs 1,960 as Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy, apart from the expenses of punching bags, transport and godown storage costs among others, Sanjay said, adding that the center also gives commission to the state government for the purchase of padie and handover to it.
Meanwhile, the national general secretary of the BJP and Tarun Chugh, head of Telangana, said that ‘Praja Sangrama Yatra’ undertaken by Sanjay a few weeks ago enabled the party to hold the by-election in the Huzurabad assembly constituency to win. He came to the city to take part in the preparatory meeting convened to discuss the arrangements to be made for the second phase of the yatra from November 21 to January 10.
Source: Telangana Today