KCR calls upon farmers to ensure guarantee for MSP
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao called upon the farmers of the country to join hands in putting up a fight and ensure the constitutional guarantee to get minimum support price (MSP) for their crop. Stating the farmers were capable of replacing the governments and turning the power tables, he urged them to vote for a political party which assures to bring the legislation giving MSP for their crop.
Addressing a gathering of farmers, retired armed personnel and their families at the packed Tagore Auditorium in Chandigarh on Sunday, Chandrashekhar Rao said the union government does not like if any state government does any good for farmers. “After lot of struggle, we achieved the Telangana state. To support our farmers, we are giving uninterrupted and quality power free of cost. But the Centre pressured us to fix metres to the agricultural power connections which we refused. We will continue to fight till our last breathe to safeguard our farmers,” he declared.
KCR urged farmers who fought against the contentious farm laws brought by the Centre and forced the latter to roll back, to continue their fight until the Centre brings out a law providing a constitutional guarantee of providing MSP to the crops.
KCR, along with Delhi and Punjab counterparts — Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagawanth Mann respectively
Protesting farmers were termed Khalistani, terrorists. My only request to farmers' leaders is that we should continue this protest, not just in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and UP, but across the country. Farmers can change governments if they want. —K CHANDRASHEKHAR RAO, Telangana CM
— handed over cheques to the bereaved families of farmers who lost their lives during the farm laws agitation and also the bereaved families of the brave soldiers who lost their lives at Galwan Valley in their fight against the Chinese Army. Meeting with Deve Gowda, Anna Hazare
On May 26, KCR will meet
former prime minister HD Deve Gowda in Bengaluru. The next day, he is scheduled to go to Ralegaon Siddhi in Maharashtra to meet social activist Anna Hazare. He will then visit West Bengal and Bihar to meet the families of the soldiers who died at Galwan Valley during a standoff with China, an official release said.