Hyderabad: TRS Parliamentary Party leader K. Kesava Rao said on Saturday that the party does not support the farm laws passed by the Union government. “Our stand is very clear and has not changed,” he and TRS floor leader in Lok Sabha Nama Nageswara Rao told the media in New Delhi.
Keshava Rao noted that the Union government had not even agreed to send the Bills to the select committee as was requested from the Opposition benches. “The government should now hold discussions with farmers and solve their problems. At the same time, the January 26 violence in Delhi was not justified,” he said.
Keshava Rao said that this violence cannot be an excuse for the government to act tough against the protesting farmers. “We are giving first priority to agriculture in Telangana state. We are implementing many farmer-welfare and development schemes. Agriculture is a state issue. Bringing in laws by way of farm reforms at the national level means undermining the spirit of…