A number of farmers in Telangana state staged protests on Saturday, alleging that the Congress authorities had failed to meet its promise of crop mortgage waiver. Offended farmers even staged a mock funeral procession for Chief Minister Ravensh Reddy.
Farmers carried out a symbolic funeral ceremony at a statue of the chief minister on the streets of a village in Talamadugu mandal. Offended protesters chanted “CM come down, come down” and hit the statue with their slippers. The protest finally changed into a stampede, with police attempting to cease the demonstration.
A big group of farmers claimed that the federal government’s inaction had left them in monetary debt and held a rally demanding fast motion to resolve the matter.
Farmers level out that money owed are mounting and servicing them has grow to be an enormous burden.
In keeping with studies, the Telangana authorities has carried out the third and last section of crop mortgage waiver with an expenditure of Rs 5,644.24 crore. In the meantime, the state authorities has reportedly launched a complete of Rs 17,000 crore for the crop mortgage waiver scheme.
In the meantime, former Telangana minister and Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao on Saturday stated the occasion will begin gathering crops for the crop mortgage waiver scheme from all constituencies within the state information.
KTR additionally claimed that BRS will make sure that each farmer will get mortgage waiver by placing strain on the ruling Congress authorities.
