Hyderabad, December 19: The MDMK leader, Mr Vaigo on Sunday said that the TDP Chief, Mr. Nara Chandrababu Naidu was the future Chief Minister of the State. He strongly criticized the Congress Government at the Centre and in the State for their lackadaisical approach towards the issues of the farmers.
Mr Vaigo has called on the TDP Chief, who was on hunger strike at New MLA quarters, and announced solidarity to him.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Vaigo, political leader from Tamilnadu, said that Mr. Naidu was a strong opposition leader and crusader for protecting the rights of the people, particularly farmers. On the path of Mahatma Gandhi, Mr. Naidu launched a peaceful agitation of fasting to highlight the issues of the farmers in the State. Mr Naidu was a man, who fights for the common man, farmers and democracy of the country. He assured that he would back the TDP leader in his efforts.
Stating that he was concerned and worried after knowing about the hunger strike of Mr. Naidu, he said that he was aware of the problems that arise in the human body after hunger strike. From the fourth day, the kidneys of the persons may be affected. The Kidneys of Mr. Mulayam Singh were badly affected when he undertook fast, he reminded.
Regretting that farmers have become orphans in the country, the Tamil leader said that it was very sad that the farmers, who were producing food, were committing suicides by consuming pesticides. In Andhra Pradesh, 62 farmers committed suicide in the last four weeks. He reminded that the people of Andhra Pradesh, particularly the farmers, were faced with continuous calamities – floods, drought and unwanted rains in the recent times.
He charged the state government with failure to take steps to procure the damaged crops from the distressed farmers. Therefore, the farmers, who expected price of Rs.1,000 per quintal, were selling out their discoloured paddy crop at Rs 300 per quintal in the open market. Similarly, the cotton growers, who expected Rs 4,900 per quintal, were selling the damaged cotton for Rs 2,000 per quintal. The fate of the sugar cane growers was also same, he added.
He questioned the Andhra Pradesh Government whether it had taken up any move for implementation of Swaminathan Commission report on agriculture sector. He pointed out that the Commission has recommended 50 percent subsidy to the farmers on the inputs.
Stating that the Congress was expert in creating new forms of corruption, he listed out the corrupt allegations floated on the Congress Government at the Centre and in Andhra Pradesh. The Andhra Pradesh Government has spent Rs 250 crores for programme of artificial rains when the state has recorded good rainfall. He questioned as to why the UPA Government didn’t take action against Mr Raja, who was king pin of 2 G Spectrum scam. If 10 percent of Rs 1.76 lakh crores, which was total amount of 2 G Spectrum scam, was spent for agriculture, the fate of the farmers would change, he added.
Stating that the Congress Government at the Center and in the state was counting days, he called upon the regional parties to join hands to rewrite the history of the country.
The AIADMK MP Sammali, who visited the hunger strike camp, read out a message sent by his party chief J Jayalalithaa expressing solidarity with the TDP chief and promising to take his fight to the national level. The CPI (M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury also visited the hunger strike camp.
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