INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Telangana chief minister said the three farm bills 'should be opposed in the Rajya Sabha' since they would cause
huge losses to the agriculture sector and are against the interests of farmers in the country
Hyderabad: Alleging that the
agriculture bills brought in by the NDA government would cause great injustice to farmers in the country, TRS president and Telangana Chief
Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday asked his party MPs to vote against them in the Rajya Sabha.Observing that the bills would hurt
farmers and benefit corporates, Rao told the TRS parliamentary party leader K Keshav Rao to strongly oppose them in parliament."Chief
Minister Sri K Chandrasekhar Rao said that the Farmers and farming related Bills introduced by the Centre in Parliament would do a lot of
injustices to the farm sector in the country.The chief minister has instructed TRSPP Leader Dr K Keshav Rao to oppose the Bills tooth and
nail in the Parliament, as it would benefit the corporates and adversely impact the farmers, an official release said.The bills, for public
consumption, say that the farmers can sell their produce anywhere in the country, but, in reality, the bills would enable the traders to go
anywhere in the country to buy the produce, Rao said.Though the NDA government says that the farmers can sell their produce anywhere in the
country, is it possible for farmers to take their small produce to other places, bearing heavy transport charges, he asked."These Bills are
nothing but a sugar coated pill
This should be opposed at all costs," the chief minister said.Rao further said, as on date, there is 50 percent import duty on corn and that
the Centre has decided to reduce it by 15 percent.The Centre wanted to import one crore tonnes of corn and about 70 lakh tonnes of corn had
already been purchased, he claimed."For whose benefit 35 percent of import duty was reduced? When the country is going through economic
crisis how did they take such a decision? corn is cultivated in a big way in the country
If we reduce the import duty on corn, what will happen to our own corn producers?" he asked.Rao said the bills "should be opposed and voted
against in the Rajya Sabha" since they would cause huge losses to the agriculture sector and are against the interests of farmers in the
country.The three agri bills were passed by Lok Sabha this week.TRS has seven members in the Rajya Sabha.Find latest and upcoming tech
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