Hyderabad, March 11 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Tuesday, March 11 questioned the Telangana government and Centre over the plight of turmeric farmers in Nizamabad district.

She questioned why the Telangana government was ignoring the agitation by farmers in Nizamabad. "Even the Nizamabad MP D Arvind, who said that the national turmeric board for the benefit of farmers is not paying attention to their concerns," she remarked.

She also questioned Union minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar regarding the lack of support to turmeric farmers in Telangana despite his promise to increase the prices of turmeric at the inauguration of the national turmeric board.

Attacking the Congress, Kavitha said that during the campaign for Telang...