Reacting to Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s statement that a ‘surprise gift’ was awaiting farmers, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President, N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said the CM should first fulfil old promises. The TPCC chief claimed that the Chief Minister was deceiving the people by showing the ayacut of Sriramsagar Project as of Kaleshwaram’s. Telangana farmers benefited only with the irrigation projects constructed during Nizam era and Congress regime. Mr. Reddy demanded the Chief Minister to withdraw the new agricultural policy which forces the farmers to grow crops suggested by the government. The move was dictatorial in nature and does not guarantee any protection to farmers’ investments in a crop, he added.

Source: The Hindu May 30, 2020 17:49 UTC