"crop-loan-waiver"

Police Commissioner Kalmeshwar Shingenavar has denied permission to hold a 'rasta roko' programme proposed by farmers in order to maintain law and order in the district.

KTR asks CM to visit the farmers who were up in arms against the government that failed to fulfill its commitment on the crop loan waiver and assuage their ruffled feelings by coming down to the villages instead

BRS MLC N Naveen Kumar Reddy lodged a complaint against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy with the Kodangal Police for failing to implement the crop loan waiver scheme and six guarantees assured to the people.

Puja performed by senior BRS leader T Harish Rao sparked a counter-cleansing programme by the Congress leaders. The dispute has led to police complaints being filed against both sides, on the charges of violating temple rules and hurting religious sentiments.

BRS demanded that the crop loan waiver benefit to be extended to all farmers up to Rs.2 lakh of their outstanding debt in banks as promised by the Congress during the Assembly polls

KTR announced that the party would employ all forms of protests that were used during the Telangana Statehood movement to bring the State government to its knees and deliver the electoral promises made to the people

Tension prevailed at Tirumalagiri under Tungaturthi constituency, when Congress workers hurled stones at BRS workers, who were staging protest over the State government’s failure in crop loan waiver.

As part of the state-wide agitation, the BRS leaders including party MLAs, former MLAs, other public representatives, district presidents and workers participated in dharnas staged in constituency headquarters

"Congress government should give clarity on the farm loan waiver. It cheated the farmers by not waiving off the loans fully," says Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy

The former Minister would also participate in the State-wide protests being organised by the BRS at Alair to hold the State government responsible for its failures to implement the crop loan waiver

Congress leader Mynampally Hanumanth Rao's demand for the resignation of Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao saying that the Congress had implemented a complete loan waiver as promised during the election campaign, drew flak from the BRS leaders.

They alleged that a large number of farmers were excluded from the list of crop loan waiver beneficiaries list. They warned that if the government failed to provide crop loans waivers to all the farmers, they would intensify the agitation

Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka first claimed to to have waived off farm loans with Rs.31,000 crore, later, he said the government had released Rs.18,000 crore for the crop loan waiver to the banks

farmer Soma Srinivas, who sat on a fast-unto-death in protest against the denial of the farm loan waiver to his family on Tuesday, withdrew his strike following an assurance from agriculture officials in the evening.

Farmers staged dharna blocking roads and raised slogans against the State government for not extending the waiver to them. They said that they were forced to roam around banks to get the scheme. Due to the protest, traffic came to a standstill for a while.

The protests will be held in mandal and constituency headquarters across Telangana to pressurise the State government into fulfilling its loan waiver promises.

Extending support to the protesting farmers All India Pragathisheela Rythu Sangham (AIPKS) called for protests at all the district collectorates in the State on August 28 demanding unconditional crop loan waiver

Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said the loan waiver was pending in respect of over 17 lakh accounts. The waiver was could not be implemented due to technical reasons and that their issues would be addressed soon.

A decision was taken to stage ‘rasta roko’ protest on national highways on Saturday. This apart, they demanded that the State government should waive their crop loans without imposing any terms and conditions.

The Congress government is clearly on the backfoot and apparently fearing defeat, is trying to delay the local body elections