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High play unfolded astatine the Andhra Ratna Bhavan, the bureau of the Congress party, successful Vijayawada connected Thursday erstwhile APCC president Y.S. Sharmila attempted to spell to the Legislative Assembly connected a tractor to conscionable Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to bring to his announcement the plight of the farmers. The police, however, stopped her, starring to tense moments extracurricular the enactment office.
Ms. Sharmila declared that she would not retreat her protestation until she was granted an accidental to personally taxable the farmers’ grievances to the Chief Minister. Wearing a garland of onions arsenic a people of protest, she accused the authorities of neglecting the farmers, who, she said, were being driven to termination owed to deficiency of remunerative prices. “It is simply a shame that Andhra Pradesh stands 3rd successful husbandman suicides successful the country,” she said.
She besides accused the Chief Minister of deceiving the farmers with gangly promises earlier the the elections but failing to present upon coming to power.
She cited arsenic examples the plight of chilli, maize, tobacco, banana, and fabric farmers who, she said, had been promised higher procurement rates but received acold little than the Minimum Support Price (MSP).
“Banana farmers were promised ₹30,000 per tonne, but got lone ₹15,000. The MSP for maize is ₹3,300, but it is not fetching adjacent ₹2,000. Tobacco farmers expected ₹18,000, but got little than ₹3,000. Farmers are throwing distant tomatoes and onions successful despair,” she said, adding that the farmers were being forced to merchantability tomatoes for ₹2 a kg and onions for ₹50 per quintal.
Ms. Sharmila said the Congress enactment would proceed to basal by the farmers and combat for justice.
