I have dedicated five decades of my life for people's movements: KCR

Hyderabad: BRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao said that he had dedicated 50 years of his life to movements that have all been fruitful. Successful results can be achieved by anyone who strives hard, he said.

Rao was speaking after admitting many activists of Maharashtra Shetkar Sanghatan, led by prominent leader Sharad Joshi Praneet, into the BRS at Telangana Bhavan here on Saturday.

Talking about farmers' protests against the agriculture reforms bills in Delhi some months back, the Chief Minister got emotional when pointing out that around 750 farmers had sacrificed their lives in protest against the BJP-led NDA government’s move.

"I extended support to the farmers. This forced the Union government to take a backseat and drop the decision to introduce the agriculture reforms bill. No Union government has changed the fate of farmers since independence," he said.

Asking the Maharashtra farmers to visit the Kaleshwaram project, Rao said that the Telangana government has provided a number of benefits to farmers, which has put an end to the spate of suicides. The BRS government has provided financial assistance and free power supply to farmers, he said.

"Farmers cultivate paddy in 94 lakh acres across the country. Towards this farmers from Telangana produce paddy on 56 lakh acres. It was possible only because of schemes and sops extended by our farmer-friendly government," Rao said.

The Chief Minister regretted that successive governments had failed to utilise the natural resources in the country for the benefit of farmers.