Arvind had even promised on a judicial bond paper that he would prevail upon the Union Government and get the turmeric board approved within five days of winning the elections in 2019.
Updated – Fri 31 Mar 23 09:54 AM
Nizamabad: As the BJP-led coalition government keeps rejecting Telangana’s calls to sanction Nizamabad’s turmeric committee, and BJP lawmakers from Nizamabad D Aravind have failed to fulfill their pledge to approve the committee, turmeric growers have set up “yellow boards” across districts, Laughing at MPs about his assurances.
During the 2019 parliamentary elections, BJP candidate and Union Minister Rajnath Singh from Nizamabad D Aravind and senior leader Ram Madhav had promised turmeric growers to form a turmeric committee.
Arvind had even promised on a judicial bond paper that he would prevail upon the Union Government and get the turmeric board approved within five days of winning the elections in 2019. He also promised that he would resign if he failed to get the turmeric board for the farmers’ interests.
However, despite repeated pleas from the Telangana state government and farmers, the federal government has been rejecting the appeal on different grounds.
Reminding Nizamabad MP of his vote promises, posters and billboards mocking BJP and reading Telugu text,
‘Turmeric board. Turmeric boards brought by our Nizamabad MP have surfaced across the region.
This comes after the federal government said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that there was no proposal to set up a turmeric board.
Responding to a question from BRS MPs Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Kavitha Malothu, Dayakar Pasunoori and Gaddam Ranjith Reddy on the constraints faced by the Center in setting up the Turmeric Committee in Nizamabad, Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for Union of Commerce and Industry said, “The Spice Committee is a Statutory self-governing body, established under the Spice Board Act 1986, to promote 52 spices, including turmeric, coriander and chilli. Therefore, there is no proposal to establish a turmeric board or any other spice board in the country”.
BRS MLC and former Nizamabad MP K Kavitha, who is seriously opposed to the BJP government’s stance on the issue, had earlier questioned incumbent BJP MP Arvind Dharmapuri about his commitment to bring the Turmeric Commission to the district in 2022.
Kavitha said Arvind had been unsuccessful in convincing the coalition government to set up a turmeric committee in the region.
In light of the disclosure made using RTI, Kavitha asked the BJP Nizamabad MP for the reasons for refusing to pay basic dues to the farmers and people of Nizamabad.
She also said the MP had inflated the allocation of Rs 100 crore while under his leadership each farmer received only Rs 200 from the Turmeric Board.
Kavitha recalled MP Arvind Dharmapuri and the BJP’s lofty but erroneous promises to the Nizamabad people to just win an election and tamper with their hopes and needs.
