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Thota Yadagiri, a farmer from Tungaturthy Assembly constituency from Nalgonda, staged a protest at Gandhi Bhavan, demanding an explanation from the government over failing to waive his crop loan

The BRS working president condemns the practice of recovering crop loan dues from Kalyana Lakshmi assistance

Confusion surrounded the loan waiver as many farmers with loans under ₹1 lakh did not receive relief. The sangham held a dharna at the collectorate on Monday, demanding loan waivers for all eligible farmers.

Farmers gathered in front of the State Bank of India on Thursday, raising slogans against the government and demanding unconditional crop loan waivers. Contrary to government claims, the farmers reported that many in the mandal have yet to see their loans waived.

The protest, which sought an unconditional loan waiver, gained momentum following a viral social media post by a young farmer urging collective action from farmers across villages, mandals, and districts. Farmers' unions rallied support, calling on various social groups to join their cause amid growing concerns over rising farmer suicides due to loan pressures.

Sagar Reddy made the suicide bid by consuming pesticide at his residence on Tuesday night.

The incident unfolded after Surender Reddy, who had tirelessly sought to have his crop loan waived as promised by the State government, faced repeated delays. Despite his numerous appeals to officials, the 52-year-old farmer was unable to secure the loan clearance.

The Agriculture department, which developed a mobile app to help complete the loan waiver process, will train AEOs on how to use and collect the data from Tuesday.

On Friday, a joint action committee (JAC) of farmers announced a 'Chalo Armoor' march scheduled for Saturday to demand a crop loan waiver for all farmers without any conditions. The JAC has urged two members from each household to join the protest at Mamidipally Cross Roads in Armoor.

Farmers whose loans not waived for any technical reason have to apply and the applications would be uploaded on the agriculture department portal, the Collector said.

Loans of farmers, who had availed upto Rs.1 lakh were waived off.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao charged that the Congress government was yet again deceiving the farmers.

Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Raghavulu said the way the guidelines were prepared would do a lot of harm to a majority of farmers.

Eatala Rajender said Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy had promised to waive crop loans upto Rs. 2 lakh without any condition during the polls and now he was imposing conditions to get loans waived.

The crop loan waiver is a key component of the Congress government's six guarantees. The State government faces a burden of approximately Rs 32,000 crore to waive all pending crop loans till the last Rabi season.

The BJP wants to abolish the reservations of SC/ST/BC. The public should vote for the Congress to protect the Constitution and protect the reservations, he maintained.

He demanded the government to extend a bonus of Rs.500 on the minimum support price offered to Yasangi crops.

The government is going to waive off the loans of about 29.61 lakh farmers worth Rs 19,000 crore.

About nine lakh farmers will be relieved from the loan burden.