HYDERABAD: Food distribution minister Piyush Goyal asked the TRS government to fulfil its responsibility, alleging that it is misleading farmers in the state about paddy procurement.
In response to TRS leader K Keshav Rao’s question in the RS, the Union minister said, “Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Odisha have large-scale paddy cultivation. Several representatives from various states have met us, and some chief ministers have even threatened us, but our position is unequivocal: we will buy rice from states in accordance with agreements.” Goyal said that the Telangana government in writing said it would not supply parboiled rice to the FCI, but only raw rice.
