Hyderabad, May 25 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader T Harish Rao on Sunday, May 24, warned the Telangana government that he would personally lead an indefinite protest and besiege the Collectorate with thousands of farmers if paddy procurement is not sped up within the next two to three days.

The former minister visited the Ensan Pally paddy procurement centre and interacted with farmers who have been waiting for days to sell their produce. Speaking to the media, Harish Rao accused the state government of failing farmers at every stage.

He alleged that lakhs of farmers across Telangana are suffering due to delays in procurement and lack of support from the government.

According to him, the government had already failed in supplyin...