Hyderabad, May 25 -- Farmers led by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) workers held a sit-in protest on the main road near Sarampalli village of Tangallapalli mandal in Vemulawada assembly constituency on Monday, May 25, demanding that the state government procure the entire paddy produce of the farmers.

The protesters held a paddy bag and blocked the road, causing an interruption to traffic on the Siddipet-Hyderabad route. The police tried to convince the farmers that their issue would be looked after, and urged them not to create inconvenience to the traffic.

One of the protesters, who claimed to be a BRS worker, said that despite Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy claiming that 90 per cent of the paddy has been procured, the situation at the P...