New Delhi:
The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) on Monday staged a demonstration against the Centre’s rice procurement policy at the Telangana Bhavan here, demanding the imposition of ‘one nation-one foodgrain procurement’ policy. The protest witnessed the poster war between the TRS and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The TRS has called it a ‘Maha Dharna’ and claimed that it is the biggest ever protest against the Centre that is being spearheaded by party president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao.
A poster of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar mentions, “KCR, what is your problem in procuring rice. Why this dharna? Is it for politics or for farmers? Buy rice if you can, else step down.”
The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) is demanding for ‘one nation-one foodgrain procurement policy’ through demonstration at Telanagna Bhavan where the posters from both the parties have put up a number of posters in and around.
The ruling party in Telangana claims that the Centre isn’t procuring paddy from the Telangana farmers.
The TRS workers had earlier blocked four National Highway as a protest demanding a “uniform” procurement policy in the country with the aim to raise the issue at the national level.
On March 24, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal assured farmers of Telangana that there is absolutely no discrimination among the farmers from different states and added that some politicians in Telangana are misleading the farmers in the state.
The Telangana government has been pressing the Centre for the procurement of the entire paddy produced in the state. Last year, a delegation of Ministers from the state had even met union Ministers to make a clear announcement on paddy procurement, including the quantity.
(With inputs from ANI)
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