KTR flays Revanth Reddy for defaulting on Rythu Bharosa, betraying farmers
BRS leader KT Rama Rao accused Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s Congress government of betraying farmers by defaulting on Rs 30,000 crore Rythu Bharosa payments, failing to implement the promised farm loan waiver, and neglecting crop procurement. He contrasted this with the previous BRS regime’s timely support through Rythu Bandhu.
Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao targeted the Revanth Reddy government for betraying farmers and defaulting nearly Rs 30,000 crore in Rythu Bharosa payments during its 30 months in office.
He questioned Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over holding public meetings to release Rythu Bharosa funds while over 70 lakh farmers continued to await pending assistance.
In a strongly worded statement, Rama Rao said the government failed to honour its promise of providing Rs 15,000 per acre annually and instead, made limited payments covering only one or two acres in several cases.
“Farmers are disgusted over your public meetings and publicity stunts. Aren’t you ashamed to hold such meetings after defaulting Rs 30,000 crore?” he said, demanding the Chief Minister to apologise.
The BRS working president also accused the Congress government of failing to implement its promised Rs 2 lakh farm loan waiver in full, with only a fraction of the announced assistance of Rs 50,000 crore extended to farmers. He stated that repeated delays in releasing Rythu Bharosa assistance had left farmers struggling for cultivation expenses during the agricultural season.
Rama Rao also criticised the government over the reported shortage of urea and said it had abdicated its responsibility in crop procurement by limiting purchases to quantities procured by the Centre.
“Rather than making 72 trips to Delhi and holding public meetings repeatedly, those funds could have been used for helping more farmers,” he said.
Drawing a comparison with the previous BRS regime, he said the K Chandrashekhar Rao government had directly transferred Rs 73,000 crore to farmers through the Rythu Bandhu scheme over 11 installments, ensuring timely investment support.
Stating that the Congress government had weakened Telangana’s agricultural sector through broken promises and administrative failures, Rama Rao said farmers will not forgive it for betraying them. He asserted that while Chandrashekhar Rao would be remembered for strengthening agriculture in the State, Revanth Reddy would be judged by farmers for failing to deliver on his key commitments.
