Telangana Chief Minister and BRS leader K Chandrasekhar Rao said on Sunday that the Rs 6,000 assistance for farmers announced by the Maharashtra government was inadequate.
Speaking at a rally in Loha tehsil in Nanded district, about 450 km from Mumbai, Rao suggested that the Maharashtra government decided to give this financial aid to farmers only after he addressed a rally in Nanded last month.
“I came here only once and a provision was found to give each farmer Rs 6,000 per year in the Maharashtra budget. Why was it never done before?
“This aid is like spraying water on a fire. We don’t want it. We want Rs 10,000 per acre given to farmers who can use it to invest in agricultural activities,” said Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader.
He claimed that the Telangana government under him improved the condition of the farmers over the years.
“Some eight or nine years ago, Telangana was in a bad condition. Farmers were committing suicide in large numbers. But we changed the governance and reduced their burden. If Telangana can improve, why should a state like Maharashtra, which has more resources, not it can be better?” she asked.
Rao reiterated the slogan “Ab Ki Bar, Kisan Sarkar” which suggests a change in the central government in the 2024 elections.
Former Maharashtra Lok Sabha MP Haribhau Rathod, ex-MLAs Shankar Dhondge and Harshvardhan Jadhav, and local political leaders joined BRS in the presence of KCR at Sunday’s rally.
On February 5, KCR had said in Nanded that the time had come for farmers to take over the country and found Congress and BJP “kasoorwar” (guilty) for the plight of farmers in the country in recent years. 75 years.
First posted: Mar 26 2023 | 5:36 PM IS
