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Are they farmers or terrorists, Mr KCR?

Are they farmers or terrorists, Mr KCR?

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Thursday strongly condemned the TRS Government for hand-cuffing of chilli farmers while they produced before a court in Khammam.

Uttam told media that the TRS Government had committed a grave mistake by hand cuffing the farmers who are accused in the case pertaining to protest at Khammam Market Yard.

He said poor farmers had staged a protest demanding remunerative price for their crop. Instead of accepting their demand, TRS Government registered criminal cases against those farmers and put them behind bars.

"It is highly shocking that the accused farmers were brought to the court hand-cuffed. Are they terrorists or extremists? What is the message that the TRS Government is trying to convey by hand-cuffing the poor farmers? Is it trying to say that anyone who holds protest against TRS Govt will be considered a hardcore criminal?" he asked.

Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the chilli farmers were justified in holding a protest seeking supportive price for their produce. Instead of intervening on the issue to bail out distressed farmers, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao crushed their agitation using intimidating tactics.

"KCR wrongly implicated poor chilli farmers in a fake case. The innocent farmers were immediately arrested and sent to jail.

Today the Chief Minister crossed all limits by ordering the police to produce the arrested farmers before the court hand-cuffed. This is the height of arrogance of power," he said.

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