TRS to vote against Agriculture Marketing reforms bills in Rajya Sabha

Hyderabad, Sept. 19 -- Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) will oppose and vote against the Agriculture marketing reforms bills expected to be introduced in Rajya Sabha on Monday.

TRS Supremo and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has instructed the party MPs and also had telephonic talk with Party Parliamentary Party leader K Keshava Rao in this regard.

It may be mentioned that Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal had resigned from the Union Cabinet protesting against the "anti-farmer legislation" after the Bills was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

Terming the bills as "honey-quoted" knife, Mr Rao said that the bill which would cause severe harm to farmers was meant to benefit the corporates, adding, that the bill allowed farmers to sel...