Hyderabad, June 13: Activists of YSR Congress party today held protests across Andhra Pradesh over farmers’ issues and clashed with pro-Telangana activists in Warangal district.
Kadapa MP and president of YSR Congress, Jaganmohan Reddy led the protest in Chittoor district which is the native place of Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu.
Jagan’s mother Vijayalakshmi, an MLA from Pulivendula assembly constituency, led the agitation in Kadapa.
“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,” Jagan said, alleging that the present Congress government as well as its predecessors did little to grant relief to distressed farmers.
He said that the state government failed to purchase farmers’ produce and provide seeds to them.
–Agencies