The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday came down heavily on the State government for ignoring the plight of farmers in the State and objected to the Union government’s decision to redistribute the Krishna river water between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Addressing a press conference here, CPI State secretary K. Ramakrishna said the farmers could not sow on lakhs of acres due to scanty rains. It was unfortunate that none of the ministers and MLAs was responding to the farmers’ plight. Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, too, was not uttering a word on the drought in the State; the government should announce drought-hit mandals at once, he added.
Mr. Ramakrishna said the Union government did not accord the special category status to A.P. nor did it implement the provisions of the A.P. Reorganisation Act. He termed the decision to redistribute the Krishna river water a death blow to the State.
The CPI would organise a round-table meeting on the Krishna water redistribution in Vijayawada on November 1 and invite political parties, farmers associations and public organisations to take part in it. The CPI State leaders would visit 18 “drought-hit” districts in the State from November 2 onwards, he added.
