Naidu's Rythu Porubata Peaceful

With the police clearing the way for TDP president Chandrababu Naidu, with the house arrest of 2 TRS leaders, Naidu resumed his Rythu Porubata and reiterated that his party is committed to the farmers' cause.

As a prelude to the yatra, police put under house arrest TRS MLA Harish Rao in Siddipet, and the district TRS chief Capt. Lakshmikantha Rao, at Hanumakonda. 30 party activists in Chigurumamidi and Husnabad mandals were also taken into custody.

Resuming his Rythu Porubata in the district from Lambadipalli (Chigurumamidi mandal, Husnabad Assembly segment), Naidu slammed the government for its failure in providing minimum support price for produce.

He criticized the Kiran Kumar Reddy government for not taking adequate measures to provide relief to farmers in distress.

Naidu demanded that the government announce ex-gratia of Rs. 20,000 per acre for cotton, and Rs. 10,000 for paddy and other crops that were damaged due to drought.

Alleging that the government was cheating the poor in the name of supplying inferior quality rice at Re. 1 per kg, Naidu blamed the government for its failure in containing the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities on one hand and for minting money through liquor and the sand mafia on the other.

The ruling Congress and the TRS have ganged up to hatch a conspiracy to weaken the TDP in the Telangana region, he alleged.

As part of the yatra in the district, Naidu interacted with farmers, farm labourers and tenant farmers in Lambadipalli, Mulakanoor and Sitarampur.

On the law and order front, police issued notices to 150 TRS activists, warning them of serious consequences if they obstruct Naidu's porubata.

Meanwhile, tension prevailed at Siddipet, when TDP activists and a group belonging to MLA Mynampati clashed over the porubata.

Protesting Naidu's padayatra in Karimnagar, the Mynampati group removed Naidu's hoardings and raised "Naidu go back" slogans. (INN)