New Delhi:  TRS Parliamentary party decided to boycott on Tuesday the remaining part of the Parliament session on the issue of paddy procurement in Telangana State.TRS Rajya Sabha MP K Keshav Rao said that the Centre has been saying that it will not procure ‘parboiled rice’ which means that there will be no procurement of Rabi crops.

We demand that the Central Government bring a national procurement policy, he said.

TRS decided to boycott the remaining winter session after raising the paddy procurement issue in both houses. TRS MPs displayed placards seeking a bill on MSPs and a decision on Rabi crops. TRS has been raising the issue of procurement since the Parliament commenced work but has not got any assurance from the government, said leaders.