Hyderabad, May 21 (RAHNUMA): BRS working president KT Rama Rao has launched a scathing attack on the Congress government over the deepening crop procurement crisis in Telangana and accused Chief Minister of completely failing the farming community.
In a strongly-worded open letter addressed to the Chief Minister on Thursday, KT Rama Rao alleged that the Congress government has pushed Telangana farmers into unprecedented distress through administrative negligence, failed procurement management, and anti-farmer policies.
Expressing serious concern over the worsening situation at procurement centres across the state, KTR said farmers who once cultivated with confidence and dignity during the BRS government are today being forced onto the streets in despair. He stated that Telangana’s farming community, which believed decades of suffering had finally ended under the leadership of former Chief Minister , has once again been dragged back into uncertainty and humiliation under Congress rule.
KTR alleged that after coming to power, the Congress government systematically dismantled every farmer welfare and protection mechanism introduced during the BRS regime. He accused the government of failing to provide investment support, mishandling fertiliser supply, and now completely collapsing the crop procurement system.
Highlighting the scale of the crisis, the BRS working president said farmers across Telangana have been waiting helplessly at procurement centres for nearly two months with no proper procurement taking place. He noted that protests, dharnas, and road blockades are erupting daily across the state as angry farmers demand justice.
“There is not a single farmer in Telangana who has not taken to the streets. There is not a single highway where protests and road blockades have not taken place,” KTR said in the letter.
KTR expressed anguish that several farmers have reportedly collapsed and died near procurement centres due to heatstroke, stress, and prolonged waiting. He criticised the Chief Minister for allegedly failing to visit even a single procurement centre despite the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
He further accused the Chief Minister of prioritising political visits to Delhi over addressing the suffering of Telangana farmers.
