Telangana State BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar called Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s visit to inspect crop damage a political stunt. He stated on Wednesday that the BRS chief, who had not visited crop damages in the previous eight years, is going on a tour to visit the damaged crops and pour his heart out because it is election season.
He described the chief minister’s Rs 10,000 per acre compensation as an eyewash because it is insufficient to cover the investment farmers made. According to Sanjay, the initial crop damage is pegged at 5 lakh acres from various quarters including the leaders of farmers’ associations.
Officials from the agriculture and revenue departments have not been seen visiting crop-damaged areas in the state to assess the extent of the damage. Despite this, CM KCR has announced that crops on 2.28 lakh acres have been damaged. Furthermore, the government has not even prepared to receive representations from the farmers; instead, farmer leaders have been placed under house arrest.
Taking strong exception to CM KCR’s alleged remarks that seeking financial assistance from the Centre is a waste, he said it is shameful for the BRS chief to make such statements without even submitting a report to the Centre on the subject. He accused the state government of failing to implement the Fasal Bhima Yojana to cover the crop damages fearing it might bring a good image to the BJP.
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“Every time CM KCR has been throwing mud on the Centre to cover up his inefficiency. What will he do remain as the chief minister if everything is done by the Centre,” he asked.
Additionally, it is unfortunate that the left parties, which should be fighting on side of farmers, are praising the BRS government. He claimed that it was due to the unrelenting fight of the BJP that CM KCR brought from his Pragati Bhavan and Farmhouse to the Dharna Chowk and to the agriculture fields. He demanded that the state government stop blaming the Centre and instead request a report on the actual extent of crop damage and compensate farmers based on their losses.
Similarly, he requested that the chief minister implement a comprehensive crop insurance scheme that takes into account the long-term interests of the State’s farmers.
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