TDP legislators blame TRS Govt for farmers' suicides

The Telangana Tdp Legislators called on Governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan here on Friday seeking his intervention to resolve the problems being faced by farmers in the State.

Speaking to media persons after submitting a memorandum to the Governor, TDP senior leaders including Errabelli Dayakar Rao, L Ramana and R Chandrashekhar Reddy blamed the TRS Government for the suicide by farmers. They accused the TRS of cheating the farmers by not providing them promised power supply. Alleging that TRS alone was responsible for the farmers' suicide, they demanded an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh each to the families of those who committed suicide.

The T-TDP leaders also complained to the Governor that the ruling party was disturbing the law and order situation in the State. Referring to the attack on TDP office and workers in Nalgonda, they alleged that Education Minister Jagadeshwar Reddy, MLAs Jupally Krishna Rao and Prabhakar Reddy were directly responsible for the attack. They demanded the removal of Jagadeshwar Reddy from the State Cabinet and the arrest of other two MLAs for the Nalgonda incident.

They said that the Governor has assured to look into the demands made by them.