India, June 2 -- Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy issued a strong warning to the Centre over pending paddy procurement issues, stating that the state would launch a major agitation on June 15 if the Union government failed to act.

Addressing a public meeting, the Chief Minister urged Union Minister G Kishan Reddy to ensure immediate procurement of paddy, including moisture-affected grain, by the Centre.

"Today, even Union Minister Kishan Reddy is talking in such a way. I am asking, if the Central Government does not purchase, where should we keep the procured paddy, maize, and millet? That is why I am requesting Kishan Reddy to immediately make the central government purchase the paddy along with moisture-affected grain which ha...