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Congress raises pitch for Assembly meet
The Congress Legislature Party on Saturday demanded that the Government convene the Assembly and Council sessions to discuss the issues pertaining to farmers and the land acquisition process.
​Hyderabad: The Congress Legislature Party on Saturday demanded that the Government convene the Assembly and Council sessions to discuss the issues pertaining to farmers and the land acquisition process.
Addressing the media at CLP office on Saturday, Leader of Opposition in Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir, Deputy CLP leaders T Jeevan Reddy (Assembly) and Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy (Council) accused the TRS government of completely neglecting the farmers in the State.
"Despite the fact that farmers have lost four consecutive crops since 2014, the government has failed to take any measures to ensure that they recover from their losses.
As against the dues of nearly Rs 8,500 crore the State government has cleared only Rs 2020 crore. Consequently, banks are refusing to sanction fresh loans to farmers," said Shabbir Ali. He also accused the government of not utilising Rs 800 crore sanctioned by the Central Government towards drought relief.
He said that the farmers were neither given input subsidy nor provided any financial assistance under State or Central Government schemes. He alleged that the TRS government was deliberately sabotaging the agriculture sector.
He therefore called for the Assembly and council sessions to be convened immediately to discuss the various issues pertaining to farmers. He further slammed the government over the land acquisition issue. "GO MS NO 123 was the worst trick played by the government to cheat farmers.
It should have simply implemented the Land Acquisition Act, 2013 while acquiring land for different projects. However, GO 123 was issued without making any provisions of rehabilitation or re-settlement for affected people," he said while demanding that the government discuss the issues in the Assembly.
He reiterated that Land Acquisition Act, 2013 was comprehensive and farmers should not confuse it with GO 123.
Shabbir Ali said that the farmers across the State were worried over the outcome of the ongoing Kharif season. Barring a few areas of Adilabad and Warangal districts, monsoon was not satisfactory in other districts.
Therefore, based on the experience of failed crops during the last four seasons, the government should take measures on a war-footing to help the farmers, said Shabbir Ali.
The Congress leader said Government should not avoid convening Assembly sessions. During previous Congress regimes, Assembly session was held for 52 days in a year. However, the duration was just 25 days in 2014-15 while it was only 21 days in 2015-16.
This year, the Assembly session was confined to only 17 days. "TRS Government should agree for discussion in Assembly and Council on farmers and land acquisition issues," he demanded.
Jeevan Reddy and Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy slammed the government for its failure to address the problems being faced by farmers. They pointed out specific failures of the TRS government in not coming to the rescue of the farming community.
