Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday lashed out at Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for misleading people claiming that the Centre had not extended financial assistance to farmers of Telangana.He said that in 2016-17 the Centre had released Rs 916 crore towards financial assistance to the State farmers, but the government had not spent even Rs 700 crore.
He slammed CM KCR for offering only Rs 10,000 per acre as compensation to farmers.“The amount offered by CM is insufficient.
It will not even cover their investment costs.It’s a shame to say that financial assistance would be extremely beneficial,” Sanjay said in a statement.
“The CM has not been sending any reports to the Centre seeking fresh financial assistance to calamity-hit farmers, because he is afraid that the Centre would ask for accounts for previous assistance,” he asserted, adding that the government had not implemented the promise of supplying free urea to farmers nor had it fulfilled the crop loan waiver promise.
Bandi said KCR’s claim of paying compensation to farmers affected by unseasonal rains entirely from the government resources was a blatant lie.“The GO clearly stated that the assistance was from the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) of which 75 per cent is borne by the Centre.Why has KCR not disclosed it?” he asked.The BJP chief further claimed that if the Centre’s ‘Fasal Bima Yojana’ had been implemented in the state then farmers would have received compensation for crop loss.
KCR, on the other hand, criticised the BJP-led Central government for showing little concern for farmers and waging political wars while he was conducting an aerial survey of the four rain-affected districts of the state on Thursday to aid financial assistance to farmers whose crops were damaged by unseasonal rains and hailstorms last week.
