The activists of Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Thursday in Karimnagar staged a protest in which they poured water over a buffalo as a symbol of the indifference of the Center to the paddy issue.
TRS workers led by BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar staged the innovative protest after the central government refused to buy rice from Telangana in the Yasangi season because the central government refused to listen to the state government’s repeated appeals.
Observing the buffalo’s unfazed reaction to the pouring of water on it, they alleged that the state’s agriculture centre had been equally nonchalant to the farmers’ plight despite protests and appeals.
TRS workers held a dharna in front of the district collectorate office on Thursday in response to a series of agitations against the central government’s indifference towards the procurement of paddy from Telangana.
Y Sunil Rao, the Karimnagar Mayor, Rasamai Balkishan, the Manakondur MLA, and TRS district president GV Ramakrishna Rao were in attendance.
Revanth: State, Centre trying to outdo each other on paddy issue
In a statement on Tuesday, TPCC president A Revanth Reddy claimed both the state and central governments were attempting to play political one-upmanship over the paddy procurement issue.
During an interview with media persons in New Delhi, he stated that both the TRS and BJP Governments have the responsibility of procuring paddy from farmers in the state.
Farmers faced many challenges during Paddy procurement during the Vanakalam season, he said, with the Telangana government ignoring the issues and failing to initiate measures to avoid their repeat.
According to him, Congress party leaders will lay siege to District Collectorates on Wednesday, calling on the State government to procure paddy produced in the State. He said party leaders and workers would also visit Gherao Civil Supplies offices around the State on Thursday.
A TPCC president said that despite the political affiliations of the detained persons, medical tests should be conducted on everyone suspected of drug possession in the city in light of the drug menace and preventive custody of many people.
While in New Delhi, Sangareddy MLA T Jagga Reddy and members of his family met with AICC Telangana Director Manickam Tagore.s
