Cong disparages BRS over EC’s withdrawal of permission for giving aid to Telangana farmers

The Congress attacked the BRS on Monday for the EC’s decision to revoke the Telangana government’s authorization to provide financial aid to farmers under the Rythu Bandhu Scheme. The Congress claimed that this decision was the consequence of the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led party’s “irresponsible and self-serving” strategy. The Election Commission (EC) withheld permission for the Telangana government to provide financial aid to farmers for rabi crops under the Rythu Bandhu Scheme after a state minister publicly announced that the minister had broken the model code. This prompted the Congress to launch an attack on the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).

The state government was approved by the poll panel to pay the rabi installment under the model code of conduct provided that certain requirements were met. As a condition, the state was asked not to disclose the payment made during the poll code. “Due to the irresponsible and narrow self-serving approach of the BRS and Harish Rao, under the instructions of his boss KCR, the ECI has denied permission for the disbursement of the Rythu Bandhu installments,” K C Venugopal, general secretary of the Congress organization, wrote in a post on X. He asserted that the farmers were entitled to the money and that it was their just reward for their arduous labor throughout the previous year.