The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday urged Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to immediately release ₹7,500 crore pending payment under the ‘Rythu Bheema’ scheme since monsoon is ready to hit the State and farmers need money for commencement of agricultural operations.
In an open letter to the Chief Minister, party president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar also demanded the TRS government to take up the ₹1 lakh loan waiver scheme for the farmers as was promised during the elections in 2018 by the ruling party but yet to be implemented in full.
The BJP leader said anymore delay in issuing money to farmers under the ‘Rythu Bandhu’ scheme will force them to approach the private money lenders at high interest rates and getting trapped in debt. There have been many example of farmers resorting to the extreme acts in recent years, unable to pay and under pressure by the private money lenders, he said.
