Congress Leaders To Meet Governor Tamilisai

Congress | Telangana Congress leaders Revanth Reddy, Komatireddy Venakatreddy and others met state Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan against the TRS government.

Addressing the media after the meeting, Komatireddy Venkatreddy alleged that BJP and TRS are going hand in glove. He said that BJP and TRS are playing dramas after Congress is gaining popularity in the state. MP Revanth Reddy said that they submitted a memorandum to the Governor mentioning the problems of farmers.

He said that the TRS government agreed to purchase paddy after facing pressure from Congress. He added that 30 per cent of farmers sold their paddy to the millers and mediators at low cost. He added that the millers are having the details of farmers who sold paddy at a less price and added that they have requested the Governor to assist the farmers by giving the balance money through the government.

Congress party in Telangana

Opposition Congress party in Telangana on Wednesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged malpractices and corruption in rice supply to the Food Corporation of India (FCI).

The Congress party submitted a memorandum to Governor Tamilisai Soundararjan, seeking a CBI probe in the light of a statement by central minister G. Kishan Reddy that the Telangana government did not handover the paddy/rice of more than 8 lakh tonnes to FCI that was procured in the last two Kharif seasons.

We @INCTelangana have submitted a memorandum to @DrTamilisaiGuv on various issues related to the state of Telangana. pic.twitter.com/NPmUadbMjm

— Revanth Reddy (@revanth_anumula) April 13, 2022

Kishan Reddy raised doubts about where that rice was lying and wondered if it was siphoned off in the black-market. Congress leaders said if the allegations made by the responsible union minister are correct, they are serious charges of corruption worth thousands of crores. “Hence, we request an inquiry by the CBI and punish the culprits, however big positions they are holding in the state government,” the opposition party demanded.

A delegation of Congress leaders led by state party chief A. Revanth Reddy called on the governor at Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum on various issues. Alleging that the state Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday took irrational decisions, they sought the governor’s intervention as a custodian of the Indian Constitution to protect the interests of the people of Telangana.

The Congress alleged that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao purposefully created uncertainty, confusion, and delayed paddy procurement during Rabi, and as a result, nearly 35-40 per cent farmers were already exploited and forced to sell their paddy to middlemen and millers at extremely distressed prices. It claimed that farmers were subjected to massive losses worth Rs 3,000-4,000 crores. “It is so irresponsible on the part of Chief Minister that what could have been managed with an approximate loss of Rs 1000 crore, has now gone up to a loss of Rs 3000-4000 crore and also caused serious mental agony,” the Congress leaders said and urged the governor to direct the government to repay at least all those losses to farmers.

They also alleged that due to threats made at the behest of the chief minister, farmers have forcibly abandoned paddy and adopted alternate crops such as Black Gram, Green Gram, Red Gram, Bengal Gram, Jowar, Corn, Ragi, Foxtail, peas etc, on approximately 15-16 lakh acres of land.

Stating that middlemen are also exploiting these farmers as the state government is only engrossed in paddy politics, they demanded the governor’s intervention to ensure the MSP for these alternate crops.

The Congress also requested the governor to intervene to reverse the ‘unprecedented’ hike in electricity tariffs. It also voiced concern that the accumulated losses of power distribution companies have mounted to Rs 60,000 due to lopsided policies of the TRS government.

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