TRS MPs to boycott Winter Session over farmers’ issues

Party leader Keshav Rao alleged that the government was insensitive to farmers’ demands and was 'anti-farmer'

The TRS on Tuesday announced that its MPs are boycotting Parliament for the remainder of the Winter Session and wanted the Narendra Modi government to go as it is being "anti-farmer".

TRS MPs, all of them dressed in black, walked out from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and announced the walk-out. TRS has nine Lok Sabha MPs and seven Rajya Sabha MPs.

Party's Rajya Sabha floor leader Keshav Rao alleged that the Centre is insensitive to farmers' demands. He said TRS is an opposition party and "not a fence-sitter".

"We want this government to go...This is an anti-farmer government, insensitive to the demands of the farmers. Today, piles of grains are rotting on the roads in Telangana for the simple reason that the FCI is not lifting the produce," he said.

He said no lawmaker would like to boycott Parliament but the TRS is being forced to take this decision. "Please be clear that we are against this government. We are an opposition party, not a fence-sitter, and we want this BJP-led government to go," he said.

The TRS has been raising the issue of procurement of paddy by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) from Telangana and submitting notices seeking suspension of business to discuss it. However, it was not allowed for the past nine days.

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