An indefinite strike by ginning mills and traders paralysed cotton procurement across Telangana for the second consecutive day, leaving farmers in distress and prompting BRS leaders to reach out to growers.

In a bid to defuse the escalating crisis, Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) Chairman and Managing Director Lalit Kumar Gupta arrived in Hyderabad early on Tuesday for urgent talks.

Gupta is

scheduled to chair discussions with senior CCI officials, representatives of the Telangana Cotton and Ginning Mill Owners and Traders Association, and cotton traders.

The meeting comes after a late-night video conference on Monday attended by Union Minister for Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy, Telangana Agriculture Minister Thummala Nageswara Rao, senior officials from the Union Ministry of Textile

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