Hyderabad:  TRS staged protests against the Centre’s decision on not procuring the paddy in the State. TRS Ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs and local body representatives from TRS party staged protests on Friday demanding that the Centre procure the entire paddy stock from the State.

TRS cadre staged dharnas in their respective constituencies and Mandal headquarters in protest of the Centre’s move on the procurement of paddy from the State. TRS cadres and farmers raised slogans against the Centre and holding placards with a large number of leaders in the sit-in to protest the Centre’s refusal to lift the entire stock of paddy from the State. TRS working president, IT & Municipal Minister KT Rama Rao led the protest in his home constituency Sircilla.

వరి ధాన్యం కొనుగోలు విషయంలో కేంద్ర ప్రభుత్వ వైఖరికి నిరసనగా సిరిసిల్లలో నిర్వహించిన రైతు ధర్నాలో పాల్గొన్న టీఆర్ఎస్ వర్కింగ్ ప్రెసిడెంట్ శ్రీ @KTRTRS.#AntiFarmerBJP pic.twitter.com/udCoFZJB7B

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Harish Rao slammed the Centre for its adamant attitude and for neglecting the State and staged dharna in Siddipet. Though Telangana made tremendous progress in the agriculture sector and took many steps for the welfare of farmers during the last seven years, the stand taken by the Centre on paddy procurement has become a curse for farmers, he said. He listed the steps taken by the TRS government like completion of irrigation projects, revival of tanks and lakes and 24 hour free electricity supply to increase the area under cultivation.

He said the protest was just the beginning and TRS was ready to take it to any length for the sake of farmers. We are not afraid of BJP branding us anti-national or using central agencies against us, he said. Ministers Mohammed Mahmood Ali and Srinivas Yadav led the protest at Dharna Chowk near Indira Park, in Hyderabad.