The TRS government today organised various protests across the state in solidarity with the Bharat Bandh called for by the farmers of Punjab and Haryana who have been agitating in Delhi for the last 13 days to oppose the three controversial farm Acts introduced in September 2020.
Finance Minister T Harish Rao observed the bandh by staging a demonstration at the Toopran highway.
The minister attacked the Modi government at the Centre for its "anti-farmer" laws, and lashed out at it for not being able to resolve the farmers' problems, and forcing them to protest in the harsh winter amidst the ongoing pandemic.
He said that the regime would not last long if it did not stop making such laws, and added, "The Modi government has discarded the earlier 53-year-old farm Act and its MSP system, just to bring in Acts that benefit big businesses. If it continues to privilege the interests of the corporate sector above all else, the government will not last long."
Claiming that the nature of the laws proved that the Centre had "conspired" against the farmers, Rao said that the TRS government would not stand for this, and would continue support to the farmers till they got justice.
He also asked the people of the state to come out in support of the farmers to pressure the union government into repealing the controversial Acts.