"rythu-bandhu"

BRS leaders T Harish Rao and S Niranjan Reddy slammed the Congress government for holding Rythu Panduga celebrations without fulfilling farmer promises. They demanded an apology and accused the ruling party of betraying farmers with reduced aid and unfulfilled guarantees.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao calls up on party cadres, senior leaders, and people from all walks of life to actively participate in the celebrations.

BRS working president K T Rama Rao has directed the party cadres and leaders to work with people in fighting against the Congress misrule and get ready for the ensuing local body elections

The Rythu Bharosa scheme, unveiled with great enthusiasm on January 26, pledged ₹6,000 per acre to all farmers in a phased rollout. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy had personally assured that the investment support would be fully disbursed by March 31. However, the distribution has been progressing slowly.

Describing Phule as a true Indian revolutionary, Chandrashekhar Rao recalled his early recognition of entrenched caste and gender-based injustices, and his pioneering work to reform them

The Congress government had claimed to have already disbursed Rythu Bharosa payments for farmers owning up to three acres. But farmers across the districts have disputed the claim.

Over the last one year, land prices have plummeted, plunging small and marginal farmers into crisis

BRS working president blamed the Congress for recklessly pushing Telangana into a debt trap while failing to fulfill its key promises.

He said that over 7,000 bereaved farmer families were still awaiting compensation, while more than 450 farmers had taken their own lives in the last 15 months without receiving the financial support due to them

BRS working president Rama Rao emphasised that the economic progress made under Chandrashekhar Rao’s leadership was well-documented, citing the rise in per capita income and Telangana’s contribution to India’s GDP

The official, instead of giving a proper reply to the farmer's question on Rythu Bharosa, asked them to visit the Sangareddy Collector's office with pesticide bottle in hand or to immolate themselves in protest to get Rythu Bharosa

If Rythu Bandhu assistance was extended, bank officials would have returned the passbook, says Molla Swamy

Another 5 lakh acres may also lose assistance; final list of farmers who failed to make it to the list of beneficiaries will be known within a 7-10 days

CM Revanth campaigned rigorously in Maharashtra but the Congress lost and similarly, the party scored a grand zero in Delhi Assembly elections, the BRS working president said

Speaking at Telangana Bhavan on Thursday, Niranjan Reddy, who heads the BRS Study Committee on farmers' Issues, ridiculed Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy's claims of providing Rythu Bharosa to farmers and Indiramma Atmeeya Bharosa to farm labourers

Sharing media reports on the hardships faced by farmers on X, Rama Rao criticized the government for neglecting key issues, leaving farmers in Palamuru, Wyra, Bayyaram, and Jagtial struggling to secure support prices for essential crops, as well as access to power and fertilizers.

Party workers, along with farmers and farm labourers, raise slogans against the State government, burn Warangal Declaration copies ans stage rasta-rokos

Says the Congress government was trying to implement the Rythu Bharosa scheme keeping in mind the upcoming local bodies elections

Predict that the party will lose any election held in the State within the next few months, as the farmers were eager to express their dissatisfaction at the polls

After securing power, the Congress government reduced the Rythu Bharosa scheme to just Rs 6,000 per acre per season, far below the Rs 7,500 per season they promised, says the former Minister