500 farmers to file nominations for Nizamabad LS seat

[timmy]

500 farmers to file nominations for Nizamabad LS seat

K V Kurmanath  Hyderabad | Updated on March 18, 2019  Published on March 18, 2019

 

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K Kavitha, daughter of TRS President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, is seeking to retain the seat

With the government turning a deaf ear to their demands, farmers in Telangana have come out with a novel idea to attract attention.

About 500 turmeric and red sorghum farmers in the Armoor Revenue Division have decided to file nominations for the Nizamabad Lok Sabha Constituency. Some seed growers too are among the protestors.

For them, no other constituency would give the eyeballs that Nizamabad would offer. K Kavitha, daughter of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, is seeking to retain the seat.

“We know that we are going to lose. But we are sure we will make a point,” one of the farmers who is going to file his nomination papers in a day or two, told BusinessLine.

With turmeric prices falling below ₹5,000 a quintal, half of what they fetched last year, the farmers have been protesting for the last few weeks, demanding remunerative prices.

They have a reason. The cost of production has gone up and the returns are not even half of what they spent. “It (cost of production) is in the range of ₹1.20-1.50 lakh. But what we are getting is only ₹4,000,” Praveen, a turmeric farmer from Kammarapalli, said.

Lakshman, another farmer from Jakranpalli, said the farmers here had participated in the Telangana movement with much vigour. “With equal vigour, we are now fighting for remunerative prices. We have asked for a dedicated Turmeric Board but the government has not acted on it,” he said.

Prabhakar of Telangana Rythu Sangham, said the red sorghum seed producers are facing a tough time as the purchase price dropped significantly, making it tough for farmers. The purchase rate fell to ₹1,000-Rs1,600 a quintal as against the procurement price of ₹2,300 last year.

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/500-farmers-to-file-nominations-for-nizamabad-ls-seat/article26571172.ece

[timmy]

AP lo kooda ila poti cheshtey super untundhi 

[snoww]

Good form of protest. Hope they get noticed, 

[timmy]

1 minute ago, snoww said:

Good form of protest. Hope they get noticed, 

social media viral aithey bagundu, entire India ila cheyyali 

[mettastar]

10 minutes ago, timmy said:

AP lo kooda ila poti cheshtey super untundhi 

nomination vesthe dabbulu kattali kada vuncle .. avi anni 10gipoinate kada

[vatsayana]

This is a great form of revolution from a common man. Hope this gets limelight and spread like fire all over india 

[Katara]

3 minutes ago, mettastar said:

nomination vesthe dabbulu kattali kada vuncle .. avi anni 10gipoinate kada

Dani venaka verey vallu vuntaru ley.also konni kulalaki no deposit needed

[mettastar]

Just now, Katara said:

Dani venaka verey vallu vuntaru ley.also konni kulalaki no deposit needed

ok

[MiryalgudaMaruthiRao]

AndhrollaKutra

[The Warrior]

[Mitron]

40 minutes ago, timmy said:

AP lo kooda ila poti cheshtey super untundhi 

 news.. deenamma alage ee states lo kooda cheste super

 

 

According to a report by the National Crime Records Bureau, the states with the highest incidence of farmer suicide in 2015 were Maharashtra (3,030), Telangana (1,358), Karnataka (1,197), Madhya Pradesh (581), Andhra Pradesh (516), and Chhattisgarh (854).^[29]

[Android_Halwa]

Manchi protest...

enkatiki...1999 General lo anukunta when it was still ballot paper system, there were more than 60 contenstants for Nalgonda Lok Sabha  and eventually to accomodate 60 contestata, the election commission has to print lengthy ballot papers with 60 different symbols...

 

[Katara]

2 hours ago, Android_Halwa said:

Manchi protest...

enkatiki...1999 General lo anukunta when it was still ballot paper system, there were more than 60 contenstants for Nalgonda Lok Sabha  and eventually to accomodate 60 contestata, the election commission has to print lengthy ballot papers with 60 different symbols...

 

Postpone chesi later conducted apudu janashakti batch vesindru.this is bokka to rebels as hard to find small symbol in 500.future lo idoka steategy if parties want to stop rebels from winning.emo idi kuda dora kutra emo to stop kodanda 

[Rajugadu]

3 hours ago, mettastar said:

nomination vesthe dabbulu kattali kada vuncle .. avi anni 10gipoinate kada

Kapithakka ki beats ee na eesari