congress: BJP, Congress leaders’ Telangana visits put spotlight back on farmers’ woes

Farmer points are to take centre stage in Telangana as BJP chief JP Nadda heads to the state on Thursday and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi plans to satisfy households of farmers who dedicated suicide in the previous few years this weekend.

Whereas Gandhi is predicted to handle a rally in Warangal and maintain farmer-specific conferences, BJP president JP Nadda can be set to go to Mahabubnagar on Thursday whereas house minister Amit Shah is predicted to take part within the BJP’s ongoing Praja Sangrama Yatra on Could 14.

Among the many first political visits by Gandhi after a brief break and a private go to to Nepal that triggered an issue over his go to to a nightclub in Kathmandu, the anti-TRS tone that he’s anticipated to soak up his go to may even be keenly watched. Telangana CM Okay Chandrasekhara Rao had began assembly regional events for an anti-BJP entrance, and has additionally roped in political strategist Prashant Kishor to fine-tune his occasion’s technique. Meeting elections in Telangana are scheduled for subsequent 12 months. Kishor’s talks to affix the Congress failed not too long ago, and one of many causes was additionally stated to be his affiliation with regional events, equivalent to TRS, which are electorally against the Congress.

Okay Keshava Rao (KK), TRS Secretary Common and Rajya Sabha MP, stated with regard to farmers, “the reality was for everybody to see, because the KCR-led state authorities had not solely inspired crop diversification, but additionally ensured the best manufacturing of paddy.” “Even when the Centre refused to acquire our paddy giving the excuse of parboiled rice, we’re discovering options. I would not waste time countering what Rahul Gandhi says as a result of the farmers of the state understand how a lot the CM has completed for them.”

BJP, whereas claiming that Rahul Gandhi has no “ethical proper” to go to Telangana after the UPA tenure noticed the best farmers’ suicides, is to carry a mega rally in Hyderabad in opposition to TRS on Thursday, whereas TRS had determined to carry district degree protests in opposition to the Centre’s paddy procurement coverage. Congress state president Revanth Reddy has appealed to farmers of the state to ship “at the least one member of their household to the rally of Rahul Gandhi, who will take a look at options for his or her issues.” These in know of the matter stated the rally was an try to spice up the morale of the Congress employees and strengthen the occasion’s organisation, significantly in south and south-east areas of the state, particularly in locations equivalent to Nalgonda, Warangal and Khammam the place the Congress occasion nonetheless has some maintain.