TDP’s State-level seminar for aqua farmers today

PNS|Vijayawada

To stand by the aqua farmers, who are in deep crisis, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is organising a State-level seminar on ‘Idemi Kharma (What is this ill-fate) for aqua farmers’ at the national party office here on Thursday from 10 am.

AP TDP president Atchen Naidu, on Wednesday, appealed to all the aqua farmers in the State to attend the seminar, which would be chaired by TDP national president and former chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu.

“The main focus will be on the injustice being done to the aqua farming sector and an action plan will be formulated to further fight for the rights of the farmers,” Atchen Naidu stated. Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, who assured the aqua farmers of supply of power at Rs 1.50 per unit, has miserably failed to keep the promise, he stated.

As the Minimum Support Price (MSP) is not being paid to them, several aqua farmers are resorting to suicide and they are being harassed by imposing many conditions to purchase the product. The subsidies are no longer available either, Atchen Naidu pointed out.