Uttam Kumar Reddy fires on BJP govt

Hyderabad June 08: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief Uttam Kumar Reddy has been angered on the ruling party BJP here on Wednesday.

He alleged that on an average nearly 35 farmers committed suicide every day in the country ever since Narendra Modi became the prime minister.

Addressing a press conference in the Gandhi Bhavan, Mr Reddy condemned the death of six farmers in police firing in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh and said the victims were demanding higher prices for their crops to recover input costs.

The figure stands at three in case of Telangana due to the "anti-farmer" policies of both the state and central governments, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief Uttam Kumar Reddy charged.

Mr Reddy said that TRS government in the state was a perfect ally of BJP in terms of pursuing anti-farmer policies.

"While Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao's government in Telangana handcuffed and chained chilli farmers of Khammam for demanding remunerative prices, his MP counterpart Shivraj Singh Chouhan went a step ahead and permitted police firing on farmers which claimed six lives," he said

Reddy also alleged that "So far 2,964 farmers in Telangana have committed suicide (in the past three years). On an average, three farmers are committing suicide in the state. On the national scale, an average 35 farmers committed suicide every day during the past three-year rule of Narendra Modi."