Farmers' protest at MP Arvind's house, demands to purchase paddy

Nizamabad: Large numbers of farmers on Tuesday gathered in front of Nizamabad MP and BJP leader Arvind's house in protest to purchase the paddy from them in Armor. The farmers who bought the paddy with them poured it in front of the MP's house and demanded to purchase it. The farmers alleged that the Central government must purchase the paddy from the Constituency. The police rushed to the spot and intervened with the protesters. It is believed that protesters were taken into custody and shifted to a nearby police station.

Sources from the BJP party say that the TRS party workers in disguise as farmers have protested in front of the MP's house.

On Monday, TRS supremo and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Monday came down heavily on the Central government over its attitude and denying the purchase the paddy from the State farmers. Addressing the gathering at TRS Deeksha held in Delhi began his speech by thanking Rakesh Tikait and the TRS cadre for taking part in Deeksha. He warned that Prime minister Narendra Modi that he can play with anyone but never play with farmers in the country.

He added that history tells that whichever the governments have played with farmers were ousted from power. He recalled that Union Minister Piyush Goyal insulted the farmers of Telangana by stating that Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy to tell the farmers to make a habit of eating raw rice. He said Telangana was merged with Andhra Pradesh and Telangana lost all the sources and all the development was stopped.

The farmers suffered a lot and many of them also committed suicide due to lack of water for their crops and also due to heavy debts. KCR said many students, people sacrificed their lives for the separate state of Telangana. He said after many sacrifices Telangana was formed in 2014 and people gave the mandate to TRS to form the government in the State. He added that after forming the government, TRS has always worked for the welfare of the farmers. He termed Union Minister Piyush Goyal as Piyush Golmaal adding that the Central minister has insulted the farmers on many occasions. KCR recalled how the farmers forced the Central government to repeal the three anti-farm laws after continuous protests for almost 13 months.

He said that the Kishan Reddy and BJP State chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar have forced people to produce paddy and assured that the Central government will purchase every grain from the government. He accused the BJP for holding Deeksha against the State government. Once Telangana decides to fight over an issue, will not rest until the issue is not solved.

He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi follows a strategy against the people of Telangana. He said that PM Modi wants votes and support but never wants to purchase the paddy from farmers. He said that the Central government is targeting the opposition by using the CBI ED and filing cases against them. He said that not a single BJP leader was quizzed nor grilled by these Centre's agents CBI and EDs.

Simlarly, Rakesh Tikait, national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union from Uttar Pradesh on Monday trained against the Central government. Addressing the TRS party's Deeksha against the Central government over the paddy issue, Rakesh Tikait said that it is painful to see a State protesting in Delhi for the sake of the farmers adding that the Union Government should be ashamed of this. If the Union Government does not follow the 'One policy, one procurement 'policy, the farmers will suffer a lot. He said that the Central government is playing politics with the lives of the people. He said that the Central government is playing politics with the lives of the people. He said that instead of development, the Central government is indulging in religious politics and indulging in communal riots. He added that the Central government is indulging in disturbing the communal harmony between Hindu and Muslim brothers. Tikait added that he will visit Telangana and participate in Kisan protests in the future as well.

On the other hand, BJP State chief Bandi Sanjay on Monday came down heavily on the TRS party and its leaders. The BJP chief said that Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is holding Deeksha in the National Capital for his political benefits. He said that the CM KCR is fooling and cheating the farmers by not purchasing the paddy and blaming the Central government over it. He slammed that the CM KCR was asked to send a report on the paddy in the State by the Central government which he failed to do it. Bandi Sanjay dared CM KCR to either buy paddy from farmers or get down from the CM post.