Farmers in Andhra Pradesh are the most neglected lot during the 32-month rule of the YSR Congress Party government with total budgetary allocations and spending falling drastically, and State government had not come to their rescue in the recent floods or drought, alleged Opposition leaders of four Rayalaseema districts and Nellore at a ‘Rythu Ranabheri’ programme organised by the Communist Party of India.
Heads of different political parties in the State vowed to come together to fight for the rights of the farmers and the support that is due from the State or Central government. They opposed the “anti-farmer” policies being pursued by the BJP-led Narendra Modi government and the .YS. Jagan Mohan Reddy government in the State, and demanded immediate purchase and transfer of money for their produce at Minimum Support Price.
At the ‘Ranabheri’ organised here on Thursday afternoon, Communist Party of India national secretary K. Narayana and TDP politburo member Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy criticised Mr. Jagan for regularly “betraying” the farmers and spending only 20% to 30% of the budgetary allocations for agriculture, irrigation, and not giving even 10% of the losses incurred by the farmers as input subsidy.
