Congress government has betrayed farmers, must step down: BRS

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Saturday demanded the Congress government step down, accusing it of betraying Telangana’s farming community by limiting crop procurement to quotas fixed by the Centre and failing to safeguard farmers’ interests.

Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad, former ministers S Niranjan Reddy and Gangula Kamalakar, along with Jangaon MLA Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, launched a scathing attack on the State government and demanded an apology to farmers.

Former Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said the Revanth Reddy government has pushed farmers into a situation where they were forced to seek mercy from officials for procurement.

Recalling the BRS government’s stand on procurement, Niranjan Reddy said former chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had staged protests in New Delhi demanding



that the Centre procure paddy from Telangana farmers.

He pointed out that while serving as Leader of the Opposition in March 2022, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy had criticised the BRS government and accused it of failing to procure paddy.

“At that time, Revanth Reddy accused the BRS government of making excuses on procurement. Today, his own government has announced that procurement will be restricted to the Centre’s quota,” Niranjan Reddy said.

He further alleged that Telangana did not face any shortage of urea during the BRS government’s decade-long tenure, but such issues surfaced after the Congress came to power.

“Shouldn’t the government be ashamed of these developments? Revanth Reddy must apologise to farmers for misleading them and subjecting them to hardship,” he demanded.