Minister for Excise Jupally Krishna Rao has challenged former Minister and BRS MLA T. Harish Rao for an open debate over critical issues such as farmers’ problems, pending irrigation projects and ‘corruption’ during the BRS rule.
Addressing the media at Gandhi Bhavan on Tuesday, Mr. Jupally condemned Mr. Rao’s statement threatening to besiege the Secretariat if crop loss compensation was not provided to farmers. He said that a total of 6,651 farmers committed suicide in the State in the last 10 years under BRS regime but Mr. Rao remained silent. Crops got damaged every year due to unseasonal rains but none from the BRS reached out to farmers, he said.
“In fact, the State’s exchequer got completely over in the last one decade during the BRS rule,” he said, accusing Mr. Rao of resorting to misleading statements for political gains ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. He also questioned whether crop loss compensation, input subsidies, and crop insurance had ever been implemented during the BRS regime.
