Meet promises made earlier: N Uttam Kumar Reddy to Telangana CM

HYDERABAD: Telangana Congress president and Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Saturday said chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao should first fulfil promises made earlier to farmers before giving ‘surprise gift’ to them.
Referring to CM KCR’s announcement about farmers receiving good news soon, the PCC chief said: “The CM should be ashamed of himself for making another promise to the farmers despite not fulfilling promises made earlier. He should first implement Rs 1 lakh crop loan waiver promise, pay Rythu Bandhu financial assistance without any conditions, start paying compensation to farmers for crops damaged due to unseasonal rains and thunderstorms, dump the idea of doing away with Rythu Bandhu sop on the pretext of regulated cropping pattern.”
The Nalgonda MP said KCR should withdraw the proposed new agricultural policy, which forces the farmers to grow crops suggested by the government. Farmers were carrying out cultivation due to the irrigation projects constructed during the Nizam’s era and Congress regimes. The KCR government did not construct a single project with the intention of benefiting farmers.
“Kaleshwaram was constructed only to get commission from contractors. The chief minister is misleading people by showing the ayacut of Sriram Sagar Project as that of Kaleshwaram,” Uttam added.