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CPM condemns illegal arrests of chilli farmers
District secretary of CPM Ponnam Venkateshwar Rao strongly condemned the illegal arrests of party leaders by the police and warned the government of severe agitations.
Khammam: District secretary of CPM Ponnam Venkateshwar Rao strongly condemned the illegal arrests of party leaders by the police and warned the government of severe agitations.
The police officials arrested the CPM party leaders who were staging a dharna in support of chilli growers in front of the Agriculture Market demanding the government to purchase the produce for Rs 15,000 per quintal through Markfed here in Khammam on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion, P Venkateshwarlu said chilli growers who brought their produce to the market from different areas were unable to sell due to drastic fall in prices and were suffering a lot.
The traders, middlemen and the officials by forming syndicate were trying to deceive the innocent chilli growers by intentionally increasing the rental charges of cold storages and by not allowing them to store their produce in cold storages, he alleged.
Stating that nowhere in the country the chilli prices have fallen to 5,000, he held the State government responsible for the drastic fall in prices.
He demanded the government to purchase chillies for Rs 15,000 per quintal through Markfed apart from releasing the arrested CPM leaders.
Party leaders Yerra Srikanth, Bandi Ramesh, Mamilla Sanjeev Reddy, Y Srinivas Rao, Y Vikram, Bonthu Ram Babu, Bhukya Veerbhadram, Tummala Srinivas Rao, Thallapalli Krishna, Narra Ramesh and Bandi Padma were present along with others.
