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HYDERABAD
Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka accused Opposition parties of spreading misinformation against the Congress government’s grounds paddy procurement and payment initiatives. He reiterated that the State authorities remained committed to welfare, infrastructure development, husbandman enactment and societal justice.
Addressing a nationalist gathering astatine Pallagutta colony successful Station Ghanpur constituency connected Tuesday, aft participating successful the inauguration and foundation-laying ceremonies for respective sub-stations worthy ₹60 crore, helium alleged that the BJP astatine the Centre and BRS successful the State were moving successful tandem to mislead farmers and the public.
Targeting the BRS authorities connected powerfulness supply, helium said that the erstwhile authorities had claimed recognition for escaped energy but failed to merchandise subsidies to powerfulness organisation companies connected time. “This led to fiscal accent connected DISCOMs and affected the prime of powerfulness supply. In contrast, helium stated that the contiguous authorities was allocating ₹14,000 crore for escaped powerfulness to farmers and ₹5,000 crore for Gruha Jyoti subsidies, ensuring prime energy supply,” helium said.
The Deputy Chief Minister besides criticised elder BRS person and erstwhile curate T. Harish Rao, accusing him of spreading ‘baseless allegations’ to stay successful the nationalist eye. He said the Cabinet led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy was focused connected governance and welfare.
Sharpening his onslaught connected the BJP-led Centre, Mr. Vikramarka questioned wherefore the Food Corporation of India (FCI) was not procuring paddy astatine Minimum Support Price (MSP), contempt announcements. He said that nether earlier Congress governments, FCI procured grains straight and accused the Centre of weakening that system.
He reiterated, “We volition procure each atom produced by farmers, irrespective of the Centre’s role.” He besides noted that the State was among the fewer procuring maize astatine enactment prices.
Questioning Opposition leaders visiting procurement centres, helium asked wherefore they had remained soundless earlier. He said the State authorities had procured adjacent rain-damaged paddy astatine MSP and achieved a grounds procurement of 72.30 lakh metric tonnes during Rabi season. Local MLA Kadiyam Srihari and others attended the meeting.
