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New Indian Express
30-05-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
MSP hike for 14 crops highly inadequate, says CPI secretary K Ramakrishna
VIJAYAWADA: State CPI secretary K Ramakrishna on Thursday urged the Centre to reconsider the recently announced Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops, and enhance it in proportion to the rising input costs. He criticised the Centre's MSP announcement for the 2025-26 Kharif season, alleging that it failed to address the financial burden of farmers, and reflected a dismissive attitude, particularly towards paddy ryots. The Centre announced MSP for 14 Kharif crops, including paddy. However, the MSP increase for paddy, a widely cultivated crop, was a mere Rs 69 per quintal, which he described as a token gesture. Other crops saw nominal hike, which include maize (Rs 175), tur dal (Rs 450), urad dal (Rs 400), moong dal (Rs 86), groundnut (Rs 480), sunflower (Rs 441), and cotton (Rs 589). According to Ramakrishna, these hikes are grossly inadequate, compared to the escalating cost of farm inputs. The cost of cultivating an acre of paddy has increased from Rs 30,000 last year to over Rs 40,000 this year. In contrast, the Rs 69 MSP hike for paddy this year is significantly lower than last year's increase of Rs 117, he said, terming it a burden put on farmers' heads.
Hans India
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Left parties, Rights groups condemn cremation of Maoists by police
Vijayawada: Left party leaders, representatives of the civil society organisations and human rights groups have strongly condemned the cremation of the five Maoists of Andhra Pradesh died in the encounters in Narayanapur district of Chattisgarth. The leaders said the Chattisgarth government had not handed over the bodies of Maoists in spite of their family members waited at the hospital for five days. They alleged the cremation of the bodies of the Maoists is unconstitutional and violation of the Indian constitution. They demanded a sitting judge probe on the alleged fake encounters and cremation of the bodies. CPI State K Ramakrishna, CPM district secretary G Desai, Revolution Writers Association leader Paani, civil rights association leader Alla Baksh, CPI (ML) New Democracy leader Venkata Swamy, PDSU state leader Bhaskar, CPI senior leader Ramachandraiah and others addressed the media conference at the CPI office on Tuesday. They said the Central government held talks with the Pakistan but refused to speak to the Maoists. They said cremation of bodies of the Maoists is unconstitutional and the family members have right to perform the funeral. They recalled even during the wars the countries exchange the bodies and prisoners but the Narendra Modi led Central government, BJP government in Chattisgarh and AP Government refused to handover the bodies. They said five Maoists leaders central committee general secretary Namballa Kesava Rao, Sajja Nageswara Rao, Rakesh, Vijaya Lakshmi of Srikakulam and Lalita of Kurnool district died in the fake encounters. They said the family members of the Maoists waited for five days in Narayanapur district to get the bodies but the police refused to give. The leaders even the High Court also issued orders to handover the bodies by the BJP government refused to give and the police cremated the Maoists. They said cremation is the example of anti peoples policies of the BJP government and demanded for the probe with a sitting judge on the encounters and cremation.
Hans India
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Round table meet demands halt to Op Kagar
Vijayawada: The round table conference of Left parties and the civil society organisations demanded that the Union government immediately halt Operation Kagar and handover the bodies of the Maoists killed in the encounters in Chhattisgarh. CPI State secretary K Ramakrishna presided over the round table meeting held on Sunday at the CPI State office and CPI (ML) New Democracy leader Chittipati Venkateswarlu presented the resolutions in the meeting, which were unanimously passed by the leaders. The Left party leaders came down heavily on the Central government alleging that the BJP-Led NDA government had killed CPI Maoist central committee general secretary Nambala Kesava Rao in a fake encounter and other many leaders and tribals. They demanded the government to handover the bodies of the Maoists, who died in the alleged fake encounters. They also demanded that probe should made with the sitting judge on the encounters. K Ramakrishna and Chittipati Venkateswarlu demanded that the Central government should hold talks with the Maoists to end the bloodshed. The round table meet expressed solidarity to the tribals, who are opposing Operation Kagar, which was aimed to handover the valuable minerals to the corporate groups in the tribal areas. They demanded that the government should protect the constitutional rights of the tribal people and also demanded the government to withdraw the paramilitary and police camps from the tribal areas. The two leaders said the Maoist leaders were killed in the fake encounters and these were the murders committed by the government. They said it is shameful that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave statements greeting the police forces. They strongly condemned the delay in handover of the bodies of the Maoists killed in the encounters. They demanded that the government immediately handover the bodies to the family members of the Maoists. They said the Union government is behaving very cruelly and badly with the Maoists dead bodies and stated that no government in the history of independent India behaved badly as the present Government is doing. CPM leader V Umamaheswara Rao lashed out at the Central government alleging that it is murdering Maoists on the pretext of encounters. CPI (ML) Leader Jasti Kishore Babu, CPI (ML) Liberation leader D Harinath,MCPI leader Khadar Basha,CPI (ML) New Democracy leader M Ramakrishna and others spoke on the occasion.
Hans India
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
All party meet held to protect RDT NGO
Vijayawada: All political parties meeting has stressed the need for the protection of the Rural Development Trust, which was formed 56 years ago in Anantapur and has been rendering services to the people of two Telugu states. The Left parties, Congress, NGOs and civil society organizations participated in the meeting held at the Dasari Bhavan here on Tuesday and discussed the service activities of the Rural Development Trust (RDT) and steps to be taken to protect the NGO. The CPI State secretary K Ramakrishna, CPM State secretary K Srinivasa Rao, Congress party leader K Vinay Kumar, Jana Chaitanya Vedika State president V Lakshmana Reddy and others spoke on the occasion. Ramakrishna said Vincent Ferror had formed the RDT in 1969 and since then the NGO has been doing excellent services to all irrespective of caste, religion and region. He said the RDT has been doing services to the people in the field of health, education, scientific awareness, supply of drinking water etc. V Srinivasa Rao has underlined the need to protect the RDT. He said the NGO has been doing excellent service without anticipating any profit. He said it is unfortunate that Central government is implementing strict policies and preventing the aid from other countries to the RDT. TDP leader Y Prabhakar Chowdary, Jana Chaitanya Vedika president V Lakshmana Reddy said the RDT is doing service activities in 3877 villages in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Former Minister Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao alleged the Central government is showing discrimination against the NGOs run with the aid from other countries. The All parties leaders decided to meet N Chandrababu Naidu to request the latter to save the RDT.
Hans India
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Only Communists aspire for peace of global humanity
Vijayawada: CPI State Secretary K Ramakrishna stated that only the Communists aspire for a world without wars, where humanity can live peacefully. He attributed the root cause of wars to imperialism, the dominance of arms, and conspiracies aimed at controlling the resources of smaller nations. He was speaking at a meeting organised by the Indian Society for Cultural Cooperation and Friendship (ISCAF) and the CPI NTR District Committee on Friday at Dasari Bhavan here to mark 80 years since the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The event focused on preventing global wars and addressing the failure of rulers to curb religious extremist forces. As the main speaker, Ramakrishna noted that in recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, 25 tourists lost their lives. He highlighted that not only Pakistani Muslims but also Muslims and Muslim political parties in India unequivocally condemned the attacks. He described it as a positive development that the Indian military conducted operations against terrorist bases in the region in response, but cautioned that the Pakistani government is exploiting the conflict for its gain. CPI City Secretary Donepudi Sankar and retired ANU professor C Narasinga Rao shared their experiences of touring and studying in the Soviet Union during their student days. They recalled that millions of soldiers and civilians perished in the war led by Stalin against Nazi Germany. They noted that schoolchildren in Russia sing prayers to prevent such wars from recurring. They also mentioned that Stalin remained unshaken even after his son was killed in the war. Divi Kumar, president of Janasahiti, stated that in any war, it is ordinary citizens who suffer the most. He emphasised that wars are never fought between people but are orchestrated by imperialist nations to dominate smaller countries. AP Mahila Samakhya State General Secretary Penmatsa Durgabhavani, CPI NTR District Assistant Secretary Buddi Ramesh, City Assistant Secretary Lanka Durgarao, ISCAF District Secretary Motukuri Arun Kumar, and Buddhavarapu Venkatrao also participated.
