BRS working president KTR highlighted the state government's welfare schemes for farmers, including 'Rythu Bandhu' and 'Rythu Beema'.
Published Oct 12, 2023 | 1:36 PM ⚊ Updated Oct 12, 2023 | 1:36 PM
KTR questions Amit Shah about farmer suicide data. (KTRBRS/ X)
Ruling BRS working president KT Rama Rao, on Wednesday, 11 October, said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah should apologise to the state government and the people of Telangana over his comments that the state tops in farmers’ suicides in the country.
Speaking at a meeting in Hyderabad where leaders from different parties joined the BRS, KTR said that the Union government (NDA government) had earlier said in the Parliament that Telangana had the least number of farmer suicides in the country, whereas Shah was making a contradictory allegation.
Amit Shah, who addressed a public rally at Adilabad, on Tuesday, 10 October, alleged that while Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao claims that the state stood first in the country, the state ranked high in the number of farmers’ suicides, crimes against women and children, and also corruption.
Who’s propagating blatant Lies on Farmer suicides in Telangana? @AmitShah Ji or his NDA Govt?
The Bakwaas Jhoot Party’s DNA is full of Jhoot Aur Jumla
No matter how hard you try to deceive #TelanganaWithKCR ✊ pic.twitter.com/8MKksOm9a3
— KTR (@KTRBRS) October 11, 2023
Saying that the NDA government at the Centre has not sanctioned any educational institution in Telangana, KTR asked whether the youth should support the BJP (in the 30 November Assembly polls in Telangana) or BRS, which has established a medical college in every district.
Attacking the Congress, he said that the grand old party is asking for one chance in the coming Assembly election as if it is a new party.
The Congress could not ensure an adequate supply of even water and electricity when it was in power for long in undivided Andhra Pradesh, he alleged. The Congress was given 11 chances earlier, he added.
The Congress accuses the BRS of being the B Team of the BJP, while the BJP calls the BRS as the B Team of the Congress, but why should BRS join hands with others? asked KTR.
“Not Modi or Rahul Gandhi. We are saying that our leader, KCR, should go to national politics. We are saying that our leader, KCR, should emerge as the alternative force. Why should we play second fiddle to them?” he said.
KTR, who said that Telangana is number one in the country in per capita income, highlighted the BRS government’s welfare schemes, including “Rythu Bandhu” investment support scheme and “Rythu Beema” life insurance scheme for farmers and “Kalyana Lakshmi”.
Meanwhile, BJP Rajya Sabha member K Laxman, on Wednesday, said that the BRS government has weakened other farmers’ welfare schemes which were under implementation earlier by citing “Rythu Bandhu”.
He said that KTR was making ill-mannered comments as he was unable to digest when PM Modi, Amit Shah, and BJP president JP Nadda spoke about the family rule and governance failures of the BRS during their public meetings in Telangana.
“What is Rama Rao’s eligibility except being the son of the Telangana chief minister?” asked Laxman.
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