Khammam, November 10: Strangely there was no resistance from proTelangana activists for TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s first day of his second leg of padayatra in Telangana region.Naidu as part of his Rytu Porubata reached Khammam on Wednesday from Krishna district. During his 18km padayatra from Tummuru to Marlapadu via Duddepudi and Kandukur there were no protests from T forces. Naidu strategically chose this area which is a border area and mostly dominated by settlers.
However, groupism in the TDP came to the fore during Naidu’s tour. Tummala Nageswara Rao and Nama Nageswara Rao groups prevented each other in erecting welcoming banners to Naidu.
Naidu visited dried up paddy fields in Duddepudi. Around 270 Dalits have been cultivating 400 acres of temple lands in Duddepudi. As there were no rains, the paddy fields have completely dried up. The farmers demanded the state government to provide `15,000 per acre as compensation for dried up paddy. They said they have lost the crop last year due to excessive rains.
Naidu blamed the officials and ministers for not visiting fields to know the plight of farmers.
The farming community was reeling under the crisis and it was unfortunate that chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy was not bothered about the problems of the farmers in the state.
The TDP would continue its struggle till justice was done to the farmers, he said.
He said he undertook the padayatra to motivate the farmers to agitate for their rights and fight against the inefficient state government.
Naidu will tour Nalgonda district on Thursday. In the first two legs of padayatra Naidu would cover seven districts.
–Agencies