Congress synonymous with deceit, fraud: former Minister Puvvada

Former minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar accused the Congress government of failing to fulfil its promises to farmers and the public. He challenged Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao to prove that a 100 per cent crop loan waiver was implemented.

Khammam/Bhupalpally: Former minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar lashed out at the Congress government, stating that it had failed miserably to fulfil the promises made to farmers and the public since assuming power.

While alleging that the Congress party was synonymous with deceit and fraud, the BRS leader challenged Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao to prove that a 100 per cent loan waiver had been implemented in any village in the district.

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He addressed a farmers’ meeting in Koyachelaka village of Raghunadhapalem mandal in the district on Thursday as part of the BRS’s ongoing week-long protests against the government’s failures during its 1,000-day rule.

Ajay Kumar noted that the Congress party had promised a full loan waiver of up to Rs 2 lakh within 100 days of coming to power, but instead imposed budget cuts and implemented only a partial waiver.

Stating that a majority of farmers across the State had not received the crop loan waiver, he demanded Agriculture Minister Nageswara Rao and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy provide an explanation regarding the issue.

Meanwhile, in Kothagudem, former Municipal chairperson Kapu Seethalakshmi led a protest in front of the RDO office demanding the implementation of GO No. 76 to grant housing pattas to the residents of Kothagudem town. She also wanted the government to issue possession certificates to the people of the Ramavaram area.

Speaking at a gate meeting organised by TBGKS at SCCL’s KTK-1 Incline in the Bhupalpally area, former MLA Gandra Venkata Ramana Reddy and TBGKS State president Miriyala Raji Reddy stated that the future of Singareni has become precarious under Congress governance.

Over the past three years, the SCCL authorities convened only a couple of Medical Board meetings. Only a few of the hundreds of workers suffering from health issues were medically invalidated. The government was plotting to dilute the dependent job scheme reintroduced by the previous BRS regime, they alleged.