Farmers were outraged, accusing the Congress government of betraying them by not only delaying the promised financial assistance for the previous Yasangi (Rabi) season, but also denying it for the entire Vanakalam season.
Alleging that the previous BRS govt had ruined the handloom sector in the State much than during the united AP, Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said the previous government had placed orders with the weavers but did not pay them.