Thanjavur, Oct. 22 -- AIADMK General Secretary and Leader of the Opposition EdappadiK. Palaniswami (EPS) today launched a scathing attack on the DMK government for its grossnegligence in paddy procurement, saying that the government's apathy has caused "an agrariandisaster of its own making."After inspecting paddy procurement centres in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, and Nagapattinam districtsand consoling rain-affected farmers across the Delta districts, he told reportersthat the paddygrown under this regime has sprouted and and farmers are crying.
They have been forced to dump their harvested paddy on the roads for over 20 days becausethe government has failed to purchase it. Continuous rain has soaked the heaps, and the grainshave sprouted, he c...