AIADMK condemns TN Govt negligent attitude towards farmers

Chennai, Sep 10 (UNI) The opposition AIADMK will take out a protest rally in Tiruvarur tomorrow to condemn the 'negligent' attitude of the DMK government to words the plight of farmers in the State.

In a statement issued here today, AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalithaa said the DMK government had failed to provide crop loans through the Cooperative banks to the small and marginal farmers, who were facing hardships because of non-availability of finance for agriculture.

Moreover, due to scarcity of quality seeds and fertilisers, the ryots had to depend on open markets to get the inputs at exorbitant prices, she added.

To protest against the negligence of the government towards the farmers' plight and demand issuance of crop loans through Cooperative banks without any collateral guarantees, besides making available the seeds and fertilisers for small and marginal ryots, the AIADMK would take out a rally tomorrow from the Revenue Divisional Office in Tiruvarur, Ms Jayalalithaa said.

The protest march would be led by the party's Agriculture wing secretary Durai Govindarajan and Tiruvarur district secretary R Kamaraj, she informed.

UNI