Accusing the Congress of conspiring to scrap the 24×7 free power supply scheme to agriculture, working president of Bharat Rahstra Samithi (BRS) and Minister for IT and Industries K.T. Rama Rao said the comments made by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy during his US visit were part of its plans.
Responding to the reported comments of Mr. Revanth Reddy, the BRS working president said in a statement on Tuesday that the Congress’ view that only 3-hour supply was enough for farming was reflecting its line of thinking. Terming the 24×7 free power to agriculture as lifeline to the farming community in Telangana, Mr. Rao said the talk of the Congress leader was like stopping the breath of farmers.
He said Telangana society would not forget the problems faced by the farming community during the previous Congress regime but the BRS Government did not succumb to the Centre’s pressure for installation of meters to agricultural pump-sets. The State Government had sacrificed ₹30,000 crore (borrowings) to protect the 24×7 free power to farming, he said and appealed to the farming community to give a piece of its mind to the Congress’ conspiracy.
