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A BJP squad led by Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy, BJP nationalist co-in-charge for Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, met farmers astatine Thirumanthurai village, Thirupanandal taluk, connected Sunday to perceive their grievances.
During the interaction, farmers praised the NDA authorities led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for initiatives specified arsenic PM-Kisan Nidhi, fertiliser subsidies, summation successful minimum enactment terms (MSP) for crops, ungraded wellness cards, and harvest security schemes.
However, they alleged lapses successful implementation by the State government, peculiarly successful MSP outgo and procurement. Farmers claimed that MSP benefits were not reaching them straight owed to mediators and raised interest implicit a backstage sweetener mill not clearing pending dues contempt a tribunal order.
Other issues highlighted included inadequate warehousing facilities to support paddy from rain, mediocre canal maintenance, and insufficient paddy procurement centres opened by the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation, which, they said, was offering ₹40 a kg little than the Centre’s MSP.
Mr. Sudhakar Reddy, accompanied by BJP section functionaries including Tilakavati, Rajashekhar, Rajesh and Gopal Ram, accused the DMK authorities of “failing to support farmers’ interests.”
