KTR slams Congress government for failing Telangana farmers, stopping old age pensions

He criticised the State government over its failure to provide Rythu Bharosa financial assistance to farmers for two consecutive crop seasons and providing only partial assistance in the previous Yasangi season

Hyderabad: With farmers struggling to get financial assistance for their Yasangi (Rabi) crop, BRS working president KT Rama Rao expressed outrage over their plight under the Congress rule. He slammed the Congress government for abandoning farmers and turning its back on welfare schemes.

Taking to X on Wednesday, Rama Rao said farmers who were once self-reliant and confident, were now battling despair due to lack of assistance from the State government.

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He criticised the State government over its failure to provide Rythu Bharosa financial assistance to farmers for two consecutive crop seasons and providing only partial assistance in the previous Yasangi season.

He reminded that even the crop loan waiver which was initially pegged at Rs 31,000 crore was restricted to Rs 17,000 crore, benefiting only a limited number of farmers.

“Farmers and tenant farmers are waiting for Rs 15,000, while farm labourers are seeking Rs 12,000 in aid. But all they get is silence from the State government,” he remarked.

The BRS working president pointed out the Congress government’s failure to provide clarity on Rythu Bharosa investment support for the upcoming crop seasons, and power subsidies.

“There is no clarity on how many acres will be covered, when assistance will be given, or if it will ever come at all. It is a government of zero Rythu Bharosa, zero loan waiver, and zero Rythu Bima,” he said.

Rama Rao also blamed the Congress government for heartlessly halting pensions for senior citizens while prioritising vanity projects like the Rs 1.5 lakh crore Musi beautification plan.

“Who would have thought the money meant for old age pensions would be mercilessly stopped? Who imagined they would be reduced to begging their children for their medicines once again? Who would have thought that the promised change would decieve them?” he asked.