Telangana BJP president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar said the new demand raked by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao asking the Centre to buy paddy directly from farmers is “highly irresponsible” and exposed his intent to “spread disinformation to cover up his own failures.”
In an open letter to the Chief Minister, a copy of which was released to the media, the BJP president said the latest KCR’s communication to the Prime Minister is “full of lies and falsehoods”. It is unfortunate that such a communication with the objective to send a “wrong signal” to the farmers and “discredit” the Central government has been written by a person holding a responsible post, he said.
Union Minister Piyush Goel has already clarified that raw rice will be procured from States, including Punjab and Telangana, in the same manner as is done every year because State governments have the necessary infrastructure to procure paddy from farmers, mill them into raw rice and then hand over the same to the Food Corporation of India (FCI), he explained.
