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The Telangana government launched a 10-day special drive to speed up paddy procurement amid criticism over delays. Officials are under pressure to meet revised targets as farmers continue raising concerns over pending procurement, delayed payments and distress sales across the State

Telangana is witnessing a high-stakes political clash as BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao holds his first major rally in Jagtial after a year, coinciding with Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s Kataram event to launch the second phase of Rythu Bharosa.

Tenant farmers in the erstwhile Karimnagar district have alleged that they have not received financial assistance under the Rythu Bharosa scheme despite government assurances. Rising land rents and lack of support have increased their financial burden, prompting them to seek immediate relief

The Telangana Cabinet is set to decide on the schedule for long-delayed local body elections following a High Court directive. The Congress government, fresh from its Jubilee Hills bypoll win, faces mounting pressure from farmers over unfulfilled promises like paddy bonuses and the Rythu Bharosa scheme.

BRS MLC K Kavitha accused the Congress-led Telangana government of targeting BRS leaders to divert attention from real issues. She criticised the limited implementation of the Rythu Bharosa scheme and the delay in the job calendar during an event in Jagtial

Addressing a public meeting, the Chief Minister stressed that when the State and Union governments worked together, welfare and development could be ensured. Politics were limited to elections

Rythu Swarajya Vedika district president Sangepu Borranna regretted that farmers of the district were distressed by the inordinate delay in extending the crop investment support under the scheme since the last Vanakalam season

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

BRS workers led by district president GV Ramakrishna Rao and former MLA Rasamai Balkishan burnt the effigy of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for going back on his promise

Addressing the media at Telangana Bhavan here on Sunday, party working president KT Rama Rao charged the Congress party with failing to deliver its election promise to provide Rs.15,000 per acre under the Rythu Bharosa scheme, and instead reducing the amount to only Rs.12,000.

It is resented that the government has lost the emotional touch with the peasant community and hence the retrograde systems were being put in place.

His comments came in response to recent statements by Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageshwar Rao blaming the repeated queries about the fate and continuation of the farmer friendly initiatives by the present government

Raising slogans against the Congress government, the farmers assembled in large numbers at Pardipur village on Thursday morning.

Though the State government appointed a three-member Cabinet sub-committee to look into the issues and submit its report, none is aware of its fate.

The announcement came as a surprise, as the Chief Minister's prepared Independence Day speech made no mention of extending the facility to 'farm laborers.' Earlier, Revanth Reddy had unfurled the tricolor and reviewed the Independence Day parade at the Golconda Fort on Thursday.

Former MLA Peddi Sudarshan Reddy said the grievance cell at Telangana Bhavan was receiving nearly 900 calls every hour, reflecting the widespread issues faced by farmers

Speaking to the media at Telangana Bhavan, Niranjan Reddy slammed the Congress leadership for not giving clarity on implementing the scheme, even seven months after coming to power.

The Cabinet is expected to discuss and finalise the modalities for crop loan waiver for farmers, implementation of Rythu Bharosa scheme, new State Emblem, and features of new statue of Telangana Talli among other issues.

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.