Telugu Desam Partry (TDP) MLAs and MLCs staged a demonstration outside the State Legislature on Monday in protest against the ‘government’s indifference to the crisis in the agriculture sector’ and the plight of lakhs of farmers.
Participating in the protest, TDP national general secretary N. Lokesh, MLC B. Arjunudu and MLAs K. Atchannaidu, Nimmala Rama Naidu, Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary and N. Chinarajappa deplored the government’s ‘negligent attitude’ and demanded that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy should see for himself the problems being faced by farmers.
An adjournment motion moved by the TDP MLAs in the Assembly to have a discussion on the same subject was rejected by Speaker Thammineni Seetharam.