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A 22-year-old software professional in Siddipet donated her first salary to families of farmers who died by suicide, inspired by her father, a social activist. She distributed sarees and cash to widows, continuing her father’s long-standing support efforts

Two farmers in Ragothampally village of Siddipet died by suicide within 48 hours, reportedly due to mounting debts and continuous agricultural losses, leaving the small farming community shocked and raising concerns over financial distress among farmers.

BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao termed the suicide of three farmers in a single day as alarming, blaming the Congress government for agrarian distress. He demanded Rs 25 lakh ex gratia for each family and flagged policy failures.

Telangana has recorded 793 farmer suicides since the Congress government took office. Rising debt, high input costs, erratic MSP, delayed Rythu Bharosa payments, and aggressive moneylenders are pushing farmers into distress, with the problem worsening in 2025, say activists and experts.

BRS leader K.T. Rama Rao blamed Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for three farmer suicides in Telangana this week, alleging that the Congress government has reversed the progress made under K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s rule, which had sharply reduced agrarian distress and suicides.

BRS leader KT Rama Rao hailed K Chandrashekhar Rao’s decade-long rule as a golden era for Telangana farmers, citing a 95% decline in suicides between 2014-2023. Welfare initiatives like Rythu Bandhu, irrigation projects, and loan waivers brought stability and prosperity to farming households.

Farmer suicides in Telangana fell by 95.84% between 2015 and 2023, with the State’s share in India dropping from 11.1% to 0.51%. Welfare schemes like Rythu Bandhu, crop procurement, and irrigation expansion helped reduce debt distress.

Former minister T Harish Rao credited the KCR-led Telangana government for the steep drop in farmer suicides from 11.1% to 1.57% between 2015 and 2022, citing NCRB data and attributing the decline to several pro-farmer and welfare initiatives.

Questions Centre's inaction, despite complaints against Revanth Reddy handing over a Rs 1,137 crore contract under the AMRUT scheme to a dubious firm belonging to his brother-in-law

Farmers taking their own lives due to insurmountable debt burdens that they were caught in

The deecased, Poshaiah grew the cotton crop on his 10 acres of land; he was disheartened to register a dip in yield and consumed the pesticide when he was alone

Once, banks would line up to give loans to builders, but now, due to 14 months of Congress rule, they are unable to get loans, says the BRS leader

While one farmer, Gunashekhar, tried to consume pesticide, another farmer, Kurumaiah, doused himself with petrol and tried to immolate himself

This is the sixth case of suicide by a farmer in the district in the last couple of months; former Minster Jogu Ramanna slams government

No political agenda behind BRS constituting committee to study root causes of farmers’ distress, clarifies party working president

Shekhar Reddy was cultivating crops to earn a livelihood and is said to have incurred severe losses since the last few crops

The tragic spike in the number of suicides in the State has started grabbing attention nationwide once again

According to Indervelli Assistant Sub-Inspector Bheemrao, Kinaka Shankar took the drastic step as he was distressed by the mounting burden of loans

Shockingly, according to a list issued by the Vedika, Siddipet recorded the highest number of suicides in the last 12 months as 22 farmers ended their lives in the district.

In the selfie video, the farmer, Venkat Reddy alleged that one Jatoth Veeranna encroached upon his agriculture land