Stalin reaches out to farmers

Tiruvarur (Tamil Nadu): DMK Treasurer M K Stalin has assured farmers that they would get a better deal under the party's regime as the DMK has special considerations of protecting their interests. Under his 'Namakku Naame' programme, Stalin interacted with sugarcane and paddy growers at Ullikkottai and Mela Nagai villages in Tiruvarur district and responded to the farmers' demands for remunerative price for their produce to meet the growing cost of agricultural inputs and other factors such as labour shortage. They complained about the dredging operations not being carried out properly and in time, and pleaded with the former deputy chief minister to grant them Rs 3500 a quintal for paddy. Stalin has promised to consider their demands and include them in the poll manifesto.