To mark a protest against the Centre's paddy procurement policy, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and elected representatives from the state including MPs, MLAs and MLCs staged a ‘Dharna’ in Delhi on April 11. Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait also joined the protest.

“Centre's policy is discriminatory towards Telangana farmers. We demand a uniform procurement policy for paddy,” protesters told ANI.

The Telangana government has been pressing the Centre for the procurement of the entire paddy produced in the state.