The Communist Party of India (CPI) launched a 30-hour protest against the Union government’s decision to redistribute the river Krishna waters between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, also against what it termed the State government’s ‘indifferent approache’ towards the prevailing drought in the State.
The speakers, addressing the gathering, demanded that the State government takes up immediate assistance measures for the affected farmers — pay compensation to those who suffered losses due to the drought.
CPI state secretary K. Ramakrishna, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gidugu Rudraraju, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) president Ravula Venkaiah and others spoke. They said that the Centre should send a team to assess the impact of drought and losses incurred by the farmers.