Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan. (Image By Arrangement)Vijayawada: Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan on Thursday slammed the Andhra Pradesh government’s agriculture department and its allied ones for failing to aid rain-hit farmers who are staring at severe crop loss. He blamed the officials of the agriculture department, ministers and the legislators as they were unprepared to come to the rescue of the farmers by initiating necessary measures even when it was apparent that untimely rains would damage crops. The Jana Sena chief then turned critical of the state government for its apparent failure in initiating works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), even as farmers were in desperate need of labour to harvest crops. Pawan Kalyan said that it was disheartening to see that the ruling party was not taking much care even as the harvested paddy was germinating due to being drenched in untimely rains.

Source: The Nation May 12, 2023 09:59 UTC