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Congress pins blame on TRS govt
Congress pins blame on TRS govt. Continuing its tirade against the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Opposition Congress held the government responsible for the rising number of farmer suicides in the State.
SPURT IN FARMER SUICIDES
Hopes the NCRB figures will wake up Chandrashekar Rao from his ‘slumber’
Hyderabad: Continuing its tirade against the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Opposition Congress held the government responsible for the rising number of farmer suicides in the State. Addressing a press conference on the Assembly premises here on Monday, Leader of Opposition in Telangana Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir, along with MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy, accused Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao of taking Telangana to second position in terms of farmers’ suicides.
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Quoting statistics released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), he said 898 farmers and 449 agricultural workers committed suicide in 2014, primarily due to the negligence of the State government. “While the Chief Minister has time and money to spend on celebrations of different festivals, he cares little for the farmers, who are on a suicide spree. The crop loan waiver promise remains unfulfilled.
While 25 percent of loan dues were cleared last year, this year only 12.5 percent of the amount has been released. Farmers already lost two seasons due to various factors and bad monsoon is set to hurt the ongoing Khariff season. But the Chief Minister is yet to hold a review meeting to assess the situation. He is not even willing to speak about the farmers’ issue,” he said while demanding that the State government seek experts’ advice on how to minimise the losses and prevent more suicides.
Shabbir Ali pointed out that the Congress had raised the issue of farmers’ suicide in both the Assembly and the Council several times. “The TRS government took all representations lightly and played politics. This careless attitude aggravated the situation. Unlike in the past when suicidal tendencies were common in middle-aged or old-age farmers, these days even young farmers, in their early 20s, are committing suicide.
This must be stopped at any cost,” he demanded. The Congress leader said K Chandrashekar Rao usually said that Telangana should be number one in the country. “If his negligent attitude towards the farmers’ community continues, then Telangana might be on top in farmers’ suicides. The NCRB figures should break Chandrashekar Rao’s slumber on the issue,” he said.
