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Govt charged with failure to help farmers in distress
Senior Congress leader Mohammed Ali Shabbir has accused the TRS government of not making an effective representation to the Centre on the issues of farmers, especially in seeking adequate financial assistance for drought-hit mandals.
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Congress accuses TRS govt of failure to secure Central assistance to ryots in drought-hit mandals
- Congress MLC Shabbir Ali flays the govt’s non serious attitude towards the problems of farmers
- Takes a dig at TRS MPs for not raising the issue of aggrieved farmers in Parliament
‘The TRS MPs too did not raise voice on the farmers’ issues in Parliament. They neither pressurised the Centre on relief for drought-hit areas nor asked for fulfillment of promises made with Telangana in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act’
Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader Mohammed Ali Shabbir has accused the TRS government of not making an effective representation to the Centre on the issues of farmers, especially in seeking adequate financial assistance for drought-hit mandals. Addressing the media at Congress Legislature Party office here on Wednesday, the Leader of Opposition in Telangana State Legislative Council said instead of leading the delegation himself, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao had sent a team of State Ministers to New Delhi. The Chief Minister should have taken an all-party delegation to the Centre to pressurise it for immediate release of at least Rs 1,000 crore for drought-hit farmers, he said, adding that of 443 rural mandals, 231 have been declared drought-hit by the State government.
Shabbir Ali said the State government had not only delayed declaration of drought-affected mandals, but also adopted a non-serious approach towards seeking Centre’s help. “Drought-hit farmers are yet to get to their loans rescheduled and get fresh loans. The input subsidy, which was declared last year, did not reach the eligible farmers. Even the High Court has passed strictures against the indifferent attitude of Agriculture and Revenue Departments towards farmers.
The TRS MPs too did not raise voice on the farmers’ issues in Parliament. They neither pressurised the Centre on relief for drought-hit areas nor asked for fulfillment of promises made with Telangana in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. None of the issues like 4,000 MW NTPC power plant, national project status for Pranahita Chevella and bifurcation of High Court was raised by the TRS MPs so far during the ongoing winter session,” he said. When asked for party's strategy for the elections for 12 MLC seats, he said the Congress Coordination Committee would meet on Thursday to discuss and finalise the strategy.
