Sharmila laments farm sector negligence
Sharmila, who is doing Maro Praja Prasthanam Padayatra on behalf of her brother and YSR Congress President Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, entered Kurnool district at Maddikera to a red carpet welcome by the locals on 22nd day on Thursday.
Addressing a public meeting at Maddikera, Sharmila decried the stance of the state government towards the farmers and its inability to announce an acceptable minimum support price (MSP) for agricultural produce.
Sharmila said she had seen people throwing away their tomato produce during the course of her Padayatra due to lack of MSP. YSR had given reasonable minimum support price to the agricultural produce, provided input subsidy and fertilizers besides free power to farmers, she said, adding that the farmers would not have faced the present distress if the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government too had extended similar help to the farmers.
“The Congress Party, which has been enjoying power in the state thanks to YSR, has thrown away the welfare of the farmers to the winds,” she lamented.
Sharmila has asserted that TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu has decided not to introduce no-confidence motion against the anti-people congress Government because of his secret understanding with the Congress leadership.
Sharmila has meanwhile completed 281.30 km of her 3000-km walkathon at the end of 22nd day on Thursday.
(Updated on Nov 9, 2012)