YSRCP Slams AP Govt For Betraying Farmers Under Annadatha Sukhibhava

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Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) General Secretary MVS Nagireddy on Thursday strongly condemned the coalition government for its gross negligence and betrayal of farmers under the Annadatha Sukhibhava scheme.

Broken Promises and Farmer Exclusion

Criticizing Naidu, MVS said, “Despite Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s election promise of Rs 20,000 annual investment support per farmer, independent of PM Kisan, the scheme has been marred by delays, cuts, and the complete exclusion of tenant farmers.”

Comparing Beneficiary Support

“In its first year, the government completely skipped payments, and even in the second year, as March arrives, the third installment remains unreleased, forcing farmers into severe hardship. Support has already been denied to around 7 lakh farmers, with coverage limited to just 46.86 lakh beneficiaries compared to 53.58 lakh under the previous YSRCP’s Rythu Bharosa scheme,” said Nagireddy. He added, “While only Rs 4,686 crore has been disbursed in two installments so far, the previous government had delivered Rs 34,288 crore over five years, providing Rs 13,500 annually (which was increased to Rs 67,500 over the term).”

Widespread Agricultural Distress

Nagireddy pointed out that even as the center announced the 22nd installment of the PM-Kisan scheme, which is scheduled to be released on March 13, the state has failed to credit its matching share. He stated that the agriculture sector is facing a severe crisis, with shrinking cultivation areas, no remunerative prices, pending payments for procured crops like red gram, massive losses in maize (Rs 3,500 crore in just one Rabi season), limited procurement of chickpeas (only 94,000 tonnes against 9 lakh tonnes produced), the abolition of free crop insurance, unpaid input subsidies, absence of zero-interest loans, and forced sales to middlemen.

Plight of Rayalaseema Farmers

“Rayalaseema farmers suffer the most due to the absence of support prices for key crops,” Nagireddy added.

He also criticized the government for destroying agriculture from seeds to sales while spreading misinformation against the previous regime. (ANI)

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