BRS deputy floor leader T Harish Rao accused the Congress government in Telangana of failing to prepare for El Niño risks and mounting agricultural distress. He demanded an action plan covering water shortages, power cuts, welfare payments and alternative livelihoods
The BRS has called for State-wide protests against the Congress government over the alleged police action that prevented its MLAs and MLCs from entering the Assembly in black T-shirts. K T Rama Rao urged party leaders and cadre to stage protests.