BRS sought a compensation of Rs 25,000 per acre towards crop loss, Rs 500 per quintal bonus of paddy in addition to Minimum Support Price, disbursement of Rythu Bharosa investment support and also crop loan waiver upto Rs 2 lakh.
As per the revised budget estimates, the actual expenditure for the fiscal is around Rs 1.71 lakh crore at the end of January this is year against the projected Rs 2.24 lakh crore for the current fiscal.
Dismissing reports about him getting involved with the BJP and emerging as the next Chief Minister after Parliament elections, he said these were mere speculations.
In the past, people who did not cultivate crops got more assistance than genuine beneficiaries, he alleged, stating that reforms would be introduced in the Rythu Bandhu system and measures would be taken to ensure that assistance was extended to only those cultivating crops, he said to media persons on the Assembly premises on Saturday.
Farmers held a prominent position in Telangana, however, in the past few months, unprecedented protests have erupted in various regions across the state, marking a significant shift in the prevailing scenario.
Speaking to mediapersons at Telangana Bhavan, Niranjan Reddy recalled the BRS government's history of providing 11 installments of Rythu Bandhu assistance within the stipulated time.
The Congress leader’s video is going viral on social media platforms with many questioning the double standards of the party, especially after announcing that both land owning farmers and tenant farmers would be given the assistance.
