BJP leaders to visit procurement centres, allege exploitation of farmers
BJP leaders in Telangana are set to visit procurement centres to address farmers' issues over the next three days. The tour aims to highlight the government's alleged failures in managing procurement and the hardships faced by farmers. Concerns include low procurement rates and exploitation by middlemen, prompting calls for government accountability.
- ▪Telangana BJP leaders will visit procurement centres for three days starting Monday.
- ▪Farmers are facing severe hardship due to delays in the procurement of paddy and maize.
- ▪Only about 24% of paddy has been procured despite high production levels.
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Telangana BJP leaders, led by State president N. Ramchander Rao, along with MLAs and MLCs, will visit procurement centres across districts for three days starting Monday. The tour aims to highlight farmers’ distress and expose the “government’s failure” in procurement management.The programme was finalised at a meeting chaired by Mr. Rao at the BJP office in Hyderabad on Friday. Legislature Party leader A. Maheshwar Reddy later told the media that farmers are facing severe hardship due to delays in the procurement of paddy and maize, and the absence of sorghum procurement.“So far, only about 24% of paddy has been procured, despite production touching 1.41 crore metric tonnes. Last year, procurement stood at around 90 lakh MTs.
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