Hyderabad: Describing the claims being made by TRS Government on agriculture growth as bogus, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President & MP A Revanth Reddy accepted the challenge posed by Minister KTR for a debate on the difficulty.
He was addressing a press convention at Gandhi Bhavan on Tuesday together with TPCC Political Affairs Committee Convener Mohammed Ali Shabbir, former Union Minister Balram Naik, Senior Vice-President Dr. Mallu Ravi, Kisan Congress Chairman Anvesh Reddy, General Secretary Nagesh Mudiraj, Mallareddy Ramreddy, Sudhir Reddy, Mettu Sai, and others.
The TPCC President mentioned that he was prepared for an open debate on what Congress Govt did from 2004-2014 and the way TRS Govt introduced agrarian disaster from 2014-2021 apart from debating on how Congress-ruled states are doing higher than TRS Govt in farmers’ welfare.
Revanth Reddy mentioned that the TRS Govt did nothing within the final seven years when in comparison with what the Congress authorities did for the farmers from 2004-2014. He mentioned that the congress regime took up a number of irrigation tasks underneath Jala Yagnam programme. Pending works on tasks like Nagarjuna Sagar and Jurala have been accomplished whereas a number of new tasks like Pranahita Chevella, Rajiv Sagar, Indra Sagar, Palamuru Rangareddy have been taken up. Several main, medium, and minor irrigation tasks have been accomplished and upgraded to convey lakhs of acres of land underneath cultivation.
He mentioned that the idea of free energy for the agriculture sector was launched by the congress social gathering. “As the then Energy Minister Shabbir Ali was instrumental in implementing 7-hour quality power for free for the agriculture sectors in the entire undivided Andhra Pradesh. Later, the duration of free power supply was increased to nine hours,” he mentioned.
The TPCC Chief KTR had claimed that the TRS Govt had spent Rs. 2.71 Lakh crore on the agriculture sector within the final seven years which incorporates Rs. 1.16 Lakh Crore on irrigation tasks, Rs. 50,000 Crore in direction of Rythu Bandhu and Rs. 3,535 Crore to insurance coverage corporations. “If this was true, then why was the TRS government was not procuring the agriculture produce?” he questioned.
“On one side, the TRS Govt is claiming to have deposited Rs. 50,000 crore under Rythu Bandhu in farmers’ accounts. On the other hand, TRS Govt opened belt shops across the Telangana State and it collected over Rs. 1.45 lakh crore by selling liquor. common people, especially poor and middle-class, have been made habituated to liquor consumption. CM KCR has turned into an ambassador for drunkards, he alleged.” he mentioned.
“Earlier Telangana was like a Tulasi forest. But TRS Govt has turned it into a cannabis forest,” he mentioned whereas including that he strongly suspected that Marijuana was being cultivated at KCR’s farmhouse in Gajwel. Referring to a declare made by CM KCR up to now that he earns Rs. 1 crore per acre, he requested the Chief Minister to remodel his farmhouse into a vacationer vacation spot and create consciousness among the many farmers on which crops they need to domesticate.
Referring to ads revealed in main newspapers by the TRS Govt, he mentioned the federal government itself claimed that over 75,000 farmers died from 2014-2018. “Why and how so many farmers died in four years? If 75,000 was the death toll in three-and-a-half years, then how many more would’ve died till now? Most of the farmers who died were aged between 18 and 58 years. Isn’t the KCR government responsible for the deaths of those farmers?” Revanth Reddy requested whereas alleging that TRS Govt has become a farmer killer.
“KTR has proved to be an inefficient minister. The performance of all departments like Municipal Administration, Information Technology, Panchayat Raj, and others being handled by KTR has been the worst. He knows nothing about what the previous Congress government did for the agriculture sector in Telangana. He was abroad most of the time and used to work in a restaurant in the USA before returning to Hyderabad,” he mentioned.
The TPCC chief mentioned he was prepared for an open debate on all these points at any time and place recommended by the Minister. He mentioned the debate will be held on the Rythu Vedikas, Pragathi Bhavan, or the Telangana Martyrs’ Memorial. He mentioned that the Congress leaders would come for the debate if any media home organizes it. However, he suggested KTR to not run away from the debate as he did up to now on the difficulty of medicine. “KTR should now behave like an adult and not like a school-going kid who goes to the teacher with small complaints. When we challenged KTR for a debate on drug abuse in Telangana, he went to the court to seek a stay. He should not do this again,” he suggested.
Revanth Reddy reiterated that the Congress social gathering was prepared for an open debate on the agriculture sector and requested KTR to repair the venue and time.