The TRS in Telangana and BJP Govt at the Centre are neglecting the farmers, former minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir assured the farmers that Congress would continue its fight for their rights.
He was speaking after launching the Rythu Rachabanda programme in Narsanapalli Path Rajampet in Kamareddy district . Membership and Insurance Cards were also distributed among the local Congress workers on the occasion.
Shabbir Ali said that the TRS Govt has failed to fulfill the promises it made to the farmers. He said that the promise of crop loan waiver up to Rs. 1 lakh was yet to be fulfilled. Consequently, the banks are withholding the amounts paid to the farmers for their produce to recover their dues.
He said that the financial assistance being extended by the State Government in the name of Rythu Bandhu was not sufficient to meet the rising input cost. said it was due to the negligence of the TRS Govt that not a single farmer from Telangana got any crop insurance. Further, he said lakhs of farmers were facing problems due to the Dharani portal.
The Congress leader also condemned the BJP Govt at the Centre for neglecting the farmers. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to double the farmers’ income by the year 2022. Instead, he said the wrong policies of the BJP Govt have pushed the entire farming sector into a crisis.
He said both TRS and BJP governments were responsible for the rise in the prices of petrol and diesel which increased the input cost and decreased the profit margins of farmers.
