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Members of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance staged a protestation adjacent the Thanjavur Head Post Office connected Sunday, condemning the Union authorities for not relaxing the permissible moisture contented successful paddy and for allegedly failing to supply alleviation to delta farmers.
A.K.S. Vijayan, Special Representative of the Tamil Nadu Government successful Delhi and State Secretary of the DMK Farmers’ Wing, presided implicit the protest.
Mr. Vijayan said erstwhile Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi had established nonstop paddy procurement centres crossed the delta districts aft recognising the lack of capable concern opportunities successful the region. Since then, paddy procured from these centres had been routinely supplied to the Union government, helium said.
During each monsoon season, Tamil Nadu had been requesting the Centre to licence procurement of paddy with moisture levels up to 22%. “This twelvemonth too, the Chief Minister wrote to the Union authorities and deputed officials to Delhi to question the relaxation. But the Prime Minister has rejected the petition without announcing immoderate concession,” helium said.
Mr. Vijayan criticised the Centre for attempting to rotation backmost the escaped energy strategy for farmers introduced by Karunanidhi. The protestation was organised to condemn some decisions, helium added.
DMK State Agricultural Labour Wing Secretary Anniyur Siva; erstwhile Union Minister S.S. Palanimanickam; Lok Sabha subordinate S. Murasoli; MLAs Durai Chandrasekaran, T.K.G. Neelamegam, and K. Annadurai; MDMK Deputy General Secretary Aduthurai R. Murugan; CPI South District Secretary K. Sakthivel; CPI(M) District Secretary Chinnai Pandian; Dravidar Kazhagam person C. Amarsingh; and VCK Central District Secretary K. Jayasankar took portion successful the protest.
