Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gidugu Rudra Raju on November 1 (Wednesday) alleged that the Jagan Mohan Reddy government had failed to address the woes of farmers in the State.
Mr. Rudra Raju, along with other Congress leaders, visited the family of Kakunuri Srikanth, a young debt-ridden farmer who ended his life owing to crop loss, at Ratchamalapadau village of Veldurthi mandal in Palnadu district.
He said that Srikanth, who left behind his wife and two sons Jagadish (7) and Vinay (5), had cultivated cotton and chilli in seven acres of which he had taken five acres on lease. he had incurred crop loss due to a deficit rainfall and his debt burden touched ₹10 lakh. Left without hope, he resorted to teh extreme step.
