Farmers under Shetkari Sanghatana umbrella say CM KCR’s speech sparked discussion on Telangana welfare scheme in every household, apart from heightened political activism in the state
Posted Date – 11:46 PM, Wednesday – 3/29/23
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Hyderabad: Growing support for Bharat Rashtra Samithi President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao from the country’s peasant community, especially in Maharashtra, under the umbrella of Shetkari Sanghatana on Wednesday wrote to the Chief Minister asking He leads the farmers’ movement in the country.
Farmer communities in Maharashtra showed palpable excitement over Chandrashekhar Rao and the BRS’s foray into the state, they said, during a February 5 event in the district of Bhokar. Farmer suicides in Nanded fell after the public meeting of the The leader of the national farmers’ movement Sanghatana, founded by legendary farmer leader Sharad Joshi, also said the chief minister’s speech sparked discussions among every household on the Telangana welfare scheme, as well as heightened political activity in the state.
In a letter to the chief minister, Shetkari Sanghatana Youth Union state chairman Sudhir Sudhakarao Bindu said there is a general consensus among farmers in Maharashtra that farmers across the country should benefit from the scheme implemented by Telangana.
Chandrashekar Rao’s presence has revived hope in a situation where around seven farmers end their lives every day in Maharashtra state.
“If you notice, after the Nanded BRS meeting, the suicide rate among farmers in the Nanded area has dropped,” he said, noting that the demand for consolidation in many villages along the Maharashtra-Telangana border has sparked outrage. Questions among curious farmers about why people in one state insist on merging with another.
Following this, the sangha leaders, together with farmer leader Narsing Deshmukh and journalist Gangadhar Prachanda, visited 40 villages in Maharashtra to speak with farmers, Dalits, women and the handicapped about the benefits being implemented in Telangana Plans interact.
The Rythu Bandhu program was specifically mentioned by people across sectors. Many said the program had inspired the socio-economic empowerment of their relatives in Telangana over the past seven to eight years, he said, adding that they also visited several villages in Telangana afterward. .
A striking part of the feedback from villagers in Telangana was that everyone who benefited from these schemes said they didn’t have to bribe anyone.
“All the plans implemented by the Telangana government for the welfare of farmers were actually initiated by Sharad Joshi,” said Sudhakarao Bindu, likening the plan to former US Secretary of State General George Marshall’s Marshall Plan for economic recovery in post-World War II Europe.
In the wake of Sharad Joshi’s death, farmer union leaders and activists face the challenge of who will continue to fight for farmer welfare.
“All the leaders and workers associated with us in the peasant movement are eager to join hands with you, and we see in you General Marshall. I beg you to arrange a meeting for our leaders,” he added, also asking Chandrashekar Rao lays out a comprehensive plan to revive India’s farmers.
