Hyderabad: The farmers’ call for Bharat Bandh on Tuesday got a shot in the arm in Telangana state with the ruling TRS supporting the call. Party president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao extended his complete support for the bandh and asked his cadre to directly participate in it. He appealed to the people to stand by farmers and make the bandh a success.
Rao justified his support and stated that farmers are legally agitating against the Centre’s Farm Bills. He reminded that since these Bills will harm the interests of the farmers, the TRS had opposed them in Parliament. He felt the agitation must continue till these Bills are withdrawn and said the TRS would work to make the bandh a success.
Meanwhile, TRS working president K.T. Rama Rao alleged that the Centre misused its strength in Parliament, especially in the Rajya Sabha, to push through the Bills through despite stiff Opposition from various political parties.
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