INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
response across Telangana on Tuesday, with the ruling TRS party as well as opposition Congress and Left parties supporting it.Across the
state and in the capital city, shops and business establishments downed shutters, TSRTC buses remained confined to depots and banks and
National Highways in different points in the state
Chandrashekar Rao extended support to the bandh call and appealed to all sections of society to observe bandh to express solidarity with the
farmers agitating in New Delhi.The Bandh went off peacefully in Telangana, by and large
Vehicular traffic was stranded on almost all 23 national highways passing through the state
Several farmers participated too, many of them travelling in bullock carts or tractors to block roads in the erstwhile districts of
state and Central government employees, auto workers, transporters, RTC staff unions and trade unions took out rallies in various parts
expressing solidarity with agitating farmers.TRS working president K.T
Rama Rao took part in a rasta roko programme on Hyderabad-Bengaluru national highway near Shadnagar
Harish Rao took part in a protest at Toopran Y-junction, while MLC K
Kavitha staged a rasta roko at Tekrial on NH 44
a rasta roko programme at Shamirpet while working president A
Revanth Reddy blocked traffic at the market committee in Shadnagar on Hyderabad-Bengaluru Highway
CPM and CPI workers held rasta roko programs on the National Highway in Nalgonda.Addressing the gathering at Shadnagar, TRS working
president KTR said the Centre bulldozed these bills and got it passed using sheer strength in Parliament
Arguing that the Chief Minister was supporting farmers through Rythu Bandhu and Rythu Bima schemes, he said the Centre did not even
guarantee Minimum Support Price to farmers
farm laws, saying, the laws will favour corporate organisations whereas farmers will be at receiving end
Kavitha said absence of MSP will lead to a direct entry of private players into the system.
