Turmeric farmers protest in front of BJP MP Arvind’s residence

Nizamabad: Venting their ire against BJP MP Arvind Dharmapuri for failing to prevail on the Central Governing administration in establishing turmeric board in the district, turmeric farmers dumped their shares in entrance of the MP’s residence below on Sunday.

In the course of March 2019, the BJP MP had vowed to set up a turmeric board in the district after currently being elected as the MP. He experienced even signed on a non-judicial (bond) stamp paper in this regard.

Throughout the very last 3 several years, the MP managed to get an allocation of Rs 1.92 crore for approximately 1 lakh turmeric farmers in the district, the farmers claimed although holding the copies of RTI on cash allocation.

If these money had been divided involving the farmers, it will work out to much less than Rs 200 for every farmer. The BJP MP deceived the farmers with his phony assurance and dispersed a bond paper, the turmeric ryots fumed.

They pointed out that it was K Kavitha immediately after staying elected as Nizamabad MP in 2014, who took up the battle of turmeric farmers to Delhi.

As for every the RTI information shared by the previous MP on Thursday, for the yr 2020-21, Rs 1,18,71,000 was allocated out of which Rs 75 lakhs was aid in the direction of boilers and Rs. 43.71 lakhs was for the help in direction of turmeric polishers.

In the same way, for 2021-22, a total of Rs 74.81 lakhs was allocated, and Rs 39.73 lakhs went to aid for boilers, Rs 6.58 lakhs for turmeric polishers, and Rs 15 lakhs as aid in direction of Silpaulin sheets, Rs 10 lakhs toward aid for Spices Producers group in the discovered cluster and Rs 3.50 lakhs for placing up fundamental good quality tests equipment, the RTI reply stated.

In the run up to 2019 Lok Sabha elections, apart from promising the farming local community about establishing turmeric board, Arvind experienced also assured to get appropriate least guidance costs fixed for both of those turmeric and purple jowar.

“Since he has unsuccessful in delivering each the commitments, Arvind Dharmapuri need to resign as a Member of Parliament as promised by him and join the farmers’ and people’s motion, the farmers demanded.

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