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YSR to leave for US today

Special Correspondent

He will participate as chief guest at the World Agriculture Congress

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy will leave here in the early hours of Sunday on a weeklong official tour to the United States of America and Singapore. The visit will focus on agriculture, IT and investment promotion. He will be the chief guest at the World Agriculture Congress-2007. To highlight his Government's initiatives to give boost to agriculture, he will be seen in his usual dhoti, the conventional farmer's attire, holding a mirror to Telugu culture.

Dr. Reddy will be accompanied by K.V.P. Ramchandra Rao, Advisor (Public Affairs), Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Jannat Hussain, and Chief Security Officer, G. Uday Kumar. His wife, daughter and grandchildren will also accompany him.

`Highlight Bt disaster'

Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh Coalition in Defence of Diversity has urged Dr. Reddy to highlight the `Bt cotton disaster' in the State, at the World Agriculture Congress in the US. In an open letter to the Chief Minister , P. V. Satheesh, convenor of the Coalition, reminded him of the importance of St Louis, the venue of the Congress. It was the headquarters of the American agro chemical giant, Monsanto whose Bt cotton seed caused havoc in the State. "When you address the Congress, please share the results of the scientific study carried out by the Coalition for five years in the cotton growing areas of the State. All point to an unqualified failure of Bt cotton," he added.

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