Guntur, Feb 19: Reiterating that farmers in the State are in distress as they are unable to sell their produce, YSRCP President and former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has demanded the Chief Minister to come to the mirchi yard and rescue them.
YS Jagan, who visited the mirchi yard here and interacted with farmers, said ever since coalition government came to power, farmers are not only deprived of MSP but there are no buyers for their produce. The mirchi rate has drastically fallen from Rs 27,000 to Rs 8,000 per quintal and yield per acre has also fallen down drastically when compared to the previous year. Above this the input costs have gone up and the tenant farmers are bearing the brunt.
The situation is the same in Krishna, NTR, Guntur, Bapatla, Prakasam, Kurnool and Anantapuram as well, he said.
Despite such a grave situation, there is no review from the government side and chief minister and the agriculture minister have no concern leaving farmers in the lurch. Chandrababu Naidu and his coalition government has done nothing to the farmers on one hand and on the other had stopped all the revolutionary reforms brought in by YSRCP government.
In our term we have given MSP not just to chillis, turmeric and onions but to 24 crops. If the farmers do not get MSP government has provided it and RBKs were used as an anchor point for farmers. While chilli farmers are facing hardships Chandrababu is least bothered, he said. We have made best use of technology to map the prices of commodities across the state through CM APP.
When crops are affected by pests our field staff used to take care and advise farmers. Integrated farm labs were there for quality control, during our term, chilli farmers got the maximum price. The present government has reversed many of our decisions including crop insurance.
Cotton farmers are not even getting Rs 7,000 while it was Rs 10,000 and tomato farmers too are not getting a fair price.
At least now Chandrababu should come to terms with reality and come to the rescue of farmers, he said.
YSRCP demands MSP to farmers
