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Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) moving president K.T. Rama Rao connected Thursday accused the Congress authorities led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy of mishandling harvest procurement operations successful Telangana and demanded that the contented beryllium taken up astatine the State Cabinet gathering scheduled for May 23.
In an unfastened missive to the Chief Minister, Mr. Rama Rao alleged that the authorities had failed to efficaciously negociate concern support, fertilizer proviso and procurement operations aft coming to power. He claimed that payment and enactment mechanisms introduced during the erstwhile BRS authorities had been dismantled by the Congress government.
The BRS person said farmers successful respective districts had been waiting astatine procurement centres for astir 2 months arsenic procurement remained dilatory and inadequate. He alleged that protests and dharnas were being held crossed the State by farmers seeking contiguous involution by the government.
Mr. Rama Rao besides claimed that respective farmers had collapsed oregon died adjacent procurement centres owed to heatstroke, accent and prolonged waiting. He criticised the Chief Minister for allegedly not visiting immoderate procurement centre contempt the prevailing situation.
Demanding contiguous corrective measures, helium urged the authorities to sermon the procurement contented successful the Cabinet gathering and guarantee speedy procurement of pending atom stocks. He besides sought an ex gratia of ₹25 lakh each for the families of farmers who allegedly died adjacent procurement centres owed to delays and mismanagement.
Warning the authorities of increasing resentment among the farming community, Mr. Rama Rao said nonaccomplishment to code the contented promptly could intensify nationalist choler against the Congress government.
