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Hyderabad: Farmer and agricultural worker organisations under Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) held a press conference here on Friday, urging the Telangana govt to fulfill its promises to tenant farmers and agricultural workers ahead of the state cabinet meeting on Jan 4.
The leaders criticised the govt for failing to recognise 22 lakh tenant farmers, despite a large protest and public hearing in Dec 2024. They questioned the govt’s lack of action on its promise to extend the Rythu Bharosa scheme to tenant farmers. Holding copies of Congress’s ‘six guarantees’ card and CM Revanth Reddy’s Sept 2023 letter, they accused the govt of neglecting tenant farmers.
SKM leaders raised concerns about the govt’s failure to implement the Telangana Land Licensed Cultivators Act, which mandates issuing loan and benefit eligibility cards. They also opposed the proposed affidavit process for verifying cultivated land, which they believe would marginalise tenant farmers. They also demanded the promised Rs 12,000 payment to agricultural workers be extended without conditions.
