New Delhi: Union Food Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday accused Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the ruling party in Telangana, of misleading farmers of the State over the procurement of paddy. Goyal was replying to a question raised by TRS MP K Keshav Rao in Rajya Sabha. "Time and again they (Telangana government) are trying to mislead, especially through MPs. It is baseless, incorrect and far from the truth," said Goyal. He also said that the Telangana government should order an investigation into the issue and fulfil its responsibility to farmers.
"It is important that the state government initiates a probe on this issue. The state government should be concerned about farmers and fulfil its responsibility," said Goyal. He said that the Telangana government has given it in writing that it will only provide raw rice and not parboiled rice to the Food Corporation of India (FCI). He also pointed out that the FCI has signed a memorandum of understanding with all State governments and urged them to buy parboiled rice as per local demand and supply the remaining grain raw to the Central pool.