Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday stressed the need to launch a major people’s movement to herald a golden era for farmers in Telangana state. He said the movement should be on the lines of the ‘savings movement’ launched by Nobel Prize winner Mohammed Yunus in Bangladesh and the ‘panchayat raj movement’ launched by Mr S.K. Dey in India.
The CM wanted the writers, film-makers and poets to make films, video films and pen lyrics to reflect schemes and programmes of the government for the welfare of farmers so that the farmers will not have to worry about their future. He said state government had taken several steps for the welfare of farmers and it will also take many more in future and the onus of implementing these schemes was on farmers associations.
“The farmer association will become stepping stones for heralding a golden era for farmers and these associations should work with sincerity, honesty and commitment. There is a need to create awareness in villages about the programmes launched by the state government for making agriculture profitable, instilling confidence among farmers and for strengthening the rural economy. The awareness can be created through songs, films etc,” the CM noted.
Mr Rao had lunch with film directors, poets, writers at Pragathi Bhavan on Saturday. Later, interacting with them, the CM discussed at length on the programmes taken up by the government for the development of various sections in society and the steps initiated by the government towards realising Bangaru Telangana.
Directors, poets, writers of the likes of Goreti Venkanna, Chandra Bose, Ananta Sreeram, Suddhala Ashok Teja, Jayaraj, Shankar, Sagar Chandra, Sankalp Reddy, Prem Annan, Uttej, Sri-nivas Reddy, Damoder, Siva Nageswara Rao, Paripurnachary, Tarun Bhaskar, Laxman, Kandi-konda, Vaddepalli Krish-na, Surender, Abhinaya Srinivas Kodari Sreenu, Yashpal, Neela Narasim-ha, Warangal Srinivas have shared their views with the CM.
Sahitya Academy chairman Nandini Siddha Reddy, Samskruthika Sa-rathi chairman Rasama-yi Balkishen, cultural affairs director Mamidi Harikrishna and others attended.
The film personalities said that they would write songs, make films, documentaries for agriculture development and welfare of farmers in response to the Chief Minister’s call.
