Lok Satta Party president Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, on Tuesday, found fault with the state government for imposing restrictions on the export of paddy from the state.
Talking to media persons at the Assembly media point, he said that due to the GO issued by the state government, farmers were being forced to sell their paddy in the state at lower prices while suffering huge losses.
"Despite the Centre clarifying that farmers can export and sell their products anywhere in the country, farmers are being put to hardship due to the state government's restrictions," he said.
JP said that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and Civil Supplies Minister D Sridhar Babu had tried to divert the attention of the House when the Opposition MLAs asked the government to scrap the GO.
He said the government must explain why it was not repealing the GO.
He also appealed to the government to take steps for the purchase of farm produce directly from farmers without the involvement of middlemen. (INN)
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