Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and Sircilla MLA K.T. Rama Rao on Thursday launched a sharp attack against the Congress government, accusing it of thrusting a man-made calamity on the farmers in the State by depriving them of water for irrigation and support.
Crops on nearly 15 lakh to 20 lakh acres are on the verge of withering and the Congress regime is showing callous apathy towards the plight of farmers including tenant farmers, he charged, while speaking to the media in Sarampalli village in Rajanna-Sircilla district on Thursday.
Mr. Rao visited the agriculture fields of several farmers in Tangallapalli mandal and interacted with the aggrieved farmers, sources said. He said his visit was intended to instil confidence among farmers to help them overcome difficult times. “It is not a natural calamity but a calamity imposed on farmers by the indifference of the persons at the helm in the State,” he alleged.
