NEW DELHI: Stepping up protest towards the Centre's paddy procurement coverage, Telangana Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao on Monday gave 24 hours deadline to the Modi-government to reply if it'll purchase parboiled rice from the state.
If the central authorities fails to reply, Rao threatened to take the protest throughout the nation. Staging a dharna alongside together with his TRS celebration leaders at Telangana Bhawan right here, Rao warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi, "Do not play with the emotions of our farmers, they've energy to topple the federal government." Farmers aren't beggars, they've the appropriate to hunt minimal help value (MSP) for his or her produce, he mentioned.
"With folded arms, I urge Modiji and (Piyush) Goyal ji to answer the state's demand on paddy procurement inside 24 hours. After that, we are going to take a name," Rao mentioned. Rao mentioned if the Centre doesn't reply, he would additional intensify the protest throughout the nation.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Rakesh Tikait additionally expressed solidarity with the chief minister Rao on the day-long dharna right here. That is the Telangana Rashtra Samithi's first protest rally in Delhi after coming to energy within the state in 2014.
The celebration MPs, MLCs, MLAs, and whole cupboard ministers sat on the dharna. The TRS has intensified the protest and reached Delhi after the Central authorities refused Telangana's request to purchase parboiled rice within the present rabi season.
The Centre is saying that it will probably procure solely uncooked rice and never the parboiled ones which aren't consumed largely in India.