Rakesh Tikait Joins TRS Protest In Delhi On paddy Procurement Issue

Mumbai: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday joined the ongoing protest by TRS at the Telangana Bhavan in Delhi against the alleged “discriminatory policy” of procurement of foodgrains.

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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao is leading the protest and is accompanied by TRS leaders. Speaking to the media, Telangana Chief Minister’s daughter TRS MLC K Kavita urged the Center to procure the crop and demanded a common procurement policy for the country.

“Our farmers are not getting the right price. We request the Central government to procure paddy from our state. We demand a common procurement policy. Rakesh Tikait has earlier also talked to CM K Chandrashekar Rao over agricultural issues and he has come here to support us,” Kavitha said.

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TRS MPs, MLCs, MLAs and other elected representatives are taking part in the “dharna”, while claiming that “the Centre’s policy is discriminatory towards Telangana’s farmers”.

Recently, TRS activists blocked four national highways in Telangana to suppress their demand for a “uniform” procurement policy in the country. The party decided to hold a protest in Delhi to raise the issue at the national level.

Earlier on Sunday, addressing the media, Kavitha said that the food security of the country will be endangered if there is no ‘uniform procurement’ policy by the Centre

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