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YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has raised superior concerns implicit the agrarian situation successful Andhra Pradesh, alleging that banana farmers are being forced to merchantability their nutrient astatine conscionable 50 paise per kilogram, a terms cheaper than a matchbox oregon a biscuit.
In a station connected X connected Tuesday (December 2, 2025), Mr. Mohan Reddy said the concern reflects the heavy distress faced by the farming community, which has invested lakhs of rupees and months of labour lone to person shockingly debased marketplace prices.
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Mr. Mohan Reddy stated that the contented is not constricted to bananas unsocial and that nary harvest is receiving a remunerative price, from onions to tomatoes. “This is the biggest stroke farmers person faced,” helium said.
He criticised the government, claiming that determination is nary escaped harvest insurance, nary input subsidies, and nary promised concern assistance for farmers during disasters. “All these assurances person turned retired to beryllium deception,” Mr. Mohan Reddy alleged.
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Contrasting the contiguous concern with his tenure arsenic Chief Minister, Mr. Mohan Reddy said that nether his administration, a tonne of bananas fetched an mean terms of ₹25,000, and peculiar trains were tally straight from Andhra Pradesh to Delhi to support farmers from losses. He added that acold retention facilities were acceptable up crossed the State, benefitting lakhs of farming families.
“Today, agriculture is collapsing and farmers are drowning successful losses, portion the authorities watches silently,” helium said, accusing Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu of ignoring the plight of farmers. “If nutrient is sold astatine 50 paise per kilo, what is the worth of the labour that produces that food?” Mr. Mohan Reddy questioned, urging contiguous intervention.
