Hyderabad: Activists of YSR Congress
party on Monday held protests across Andhra Pradesh over farmers'
issues and clashed with pro-Telangana activists in Warangal
district.
Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy, president of YSR Congress,
led the protest in Chittoor district which is the native of
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and Telugu Desam Chief N
Chandrababu Naidu while his mother Vijayalakshmi, an MLA from
Pulivendula assembly constituency, led the agitation in
Kadapa.
Alleging that the incumbent Congress government as
well as its predecessors did a precious little to grant relief
to the farmers in distress, Jagan said "People are ready to
teach them a lesson whenever elections are held. The farmers
in the state are in a distress as they are not even able to
store their produce due to unavailability of godown space."
He said that the state government failed to purchase
farmers' produce and providing seeds to them.
The protests were held at the district collectorates
all over the state and the YSR Congress leaders submitted
memoranda to the collectors on farmers' issues.
Meanwhile, workers of YSR Congress clashed with
pro-Telangana activists in Warangal district over the charge
that Jagan's party was against carving out of Telangana as a
separate state.
PTI
First Published: Monday, June 13, 2011, 21:14