Senior TDP leader and former Minister Alapati Raja has criticised Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for failing to safeguard the interests of the farmers in the last more than four years.
Addressing the media here at the party office on September 8 (Friday), Mr. Raja said that the YSRCP government in the State, after failing to educate the farmers on alternative crops in the last nine crop seasons, was suggesting them to go for crop holidays now.
He alleged that seeds were not available for the farmers at the Rythu Bharosa Kendras (RBKs) as claimed by the government. Mr. Raja further alleged that there were no contingency plans should there be scarcity of water.
