Minister for Agriculture S. Niranjan Reddy asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to stop shedding crocodile tears on the farming community of Telangana and sought to know why State president of the party Bandi Sanjay had gone into hiding on the issue of Rabi paddy procurement after announcing that he would take the responsibility.
Responding to a letter addressed to Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao by Mr. Sanjay on Thursday, the Minister demanded that Mr. Sanjay rub his nose before the Bhagyalaxmi temple for running away after provoking the farming community on the Rabi paddy issue.
On the issue of investment support to farm sector, he said there is no comparison whatsoever between Rythu Bandhu and PM-Kisan scheme as the Centre is spending ₹580 crore on the scheme for one of the three instalments, while Telangana is giving about ₹7,500 crore per crop season for two seasons a year. Further, the State government is spending another ₹1,500 crore a year on Rythu Bima scheme, he explained and suggested Mr. Sanjay to get the details from his assistants if he is not aware of them.
