: Telangana chief minister leads protest against Centre’s refusal to procure parboiled rice #IndiaNEWS Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Monday intensified his protest against the Centre

Telangana chief minister leads protest against Centre’s refusal to procure parboiled rice #IndiaNEWS
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Monday intensified his protest against the Centre for refusing to procure paddy from his government for the current rabi season, The Indian Express reported. During the rabi season, crops are sown around mid-November and harvesting begins around April.Rao warned the Centre that it may face another agitation by the farmers if it failed to purchase parboiled rice from Telangana. The paddy produced between November and April in the state is partially boiled and dried, making it parboiled, as high temperatures in summer season causes the raw rice to break, reported The Tribune.Experts say that if the rice is not parboiled, the yield can be quite low.Rao issued a 24-hour deadline to the central government to draw up a nationwide paddy procurement policy.“Don’t play with the sentiments of our farmers,�? Rao said in a warning to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to PTI. “They [farmers] have the power to topple the government.�?Rao made the remarks during a protest in New Delhi by his party – Telangana Rashtra Samiti – against the Centre. The TRS government in Telangana and the Centre have been at loggerheads over the matter of paddy procurement since last year. The party has alleged that the central government is being biased towards the farmers of...Read more

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