The State government would supply fine rice to Kerala following a request made by its Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, said Deputy Chief Minister K.E. Krishnamurthy here on Thursday.
The quantum of rice to be supplied, sale price, mode of transport and other modalities would be finalised at a meeting to be addressed by him in Vijayawada on July 20.
Minister for Agriculture Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy, Minister for Civil Supplies P. Pulla Rao and Ministers of Agriculture and Civil Supplies of Kerala would attend the meeting, he told the media at his residence in Kurnool.
The Kerala Chief Minister, who recently visited Kurnool, requested him for supply of fine rice from A.P. and subsequently made a phone call to him, Mr. Krishnamurthy said and added that he apprised Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu of it and got his nod.
Telugu Desam Party’s Dhone constituency in-charge K.E. Prathap said people of Kerala developed a liking for fine rice of Andhra Pradesh, when Appayya devotees visiting Sabarimalai temple shared their food with them.
