BRS Threatens Statewide Agitation Over Telangana Paddy and Maize Procurement Delays

Overview

• KT Rama Rao visited a paddy purchase point and warned of a statewide agitation if the government does not start buying immediately.
• Rao said the state has not begun purchasing despite a month of arrivals and demanded weighing machines, mill allotments, and payment of the minimum support price plus a Rs 500 per quintal bonus.
• Former minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao led a flash protest in Warangal, citing unopened or idle centres, a shortage of gunny bags, and no finalised transport or warehouses.
• Farmers described waiting at centres to guard their harvests, with worries that unseasonal rain could soak paddy if buying does not begin soon.
• The BRS held a Maha Dharna at the Khammam collectorate, submitted a memorandum on farmer demands, and accused the Congress government of rolling back support seen under the previous BRS regime.