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S. Murali

YSRCP policies responsible for ‘rise’ in farmer suicides in A.P., alleges Somireddy

The TDP has attributed the “unabated farmer suicides” in Andhra Pradesh to the “anti-farmer” agricultural policies of the YSRCP government.

Referring to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, TDP Polit Bureau member Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy said the “faulty foodgrain policy” was responsible for the spate of farmer suicides in the State.

Market intervention covered only 67 lakh tonnes of 125 lakh tonnes of paddy produced by the farmers, he told the media on Saturday.

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