Hyderabad, December 17: Expressing unhappiness over the package announced by the state government for the flood-hit farmers in the state, former Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy today said there was no change in his decision to go ahead with his two-day hunger strike at Vijayawada on December 21 and 22. He termed the state government’s package as an eye-wash.
In a statement here, Jagan Mohan Reddy said that the state government completely ignored the aspirations of former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy who strove for the welfare of farmers. “Beaten by one disaster after the other, farmers in the state are going through an agonising ordeal. The package announced by the state government is not sufficient,” he said.
The former Kadapa MP said that unless the discoloured rice lying in the inundated agricultural fields is purchased either by the Food Corporation of India or the state government, farmers cannot survive the wrath of the nature’s fury. He said the state government did not even mention the demand for providing seeds and fertilisers free of cost to enable farmers to take up cultivation for rabi season. “Being in public life, it is my responsibility to fight for the cause of farmers and I will ensure that they get justice,” he said.
–Agencies