Telangana: KCR ruined progress achieved in agriculture by Congress, says Revanth

Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday remarked that the progress achieved in the state by the Congress party, especially in agriculture, has been destroyed under the leadership of chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR).
Revanth made the remarks during the ‘Meet the press’ event held on the theme of ‘Warangal Farmers declaration-possibilities’ held at Mercure Hotel, Somajiguda on Wednesday.
On Congress party’s contribution to agriculture: Speaking on what the Congress party has done for the public over the last 60 years, Revanth Reddy said, “Congress introduced the nodal agency and Food Corporation of India (FCI), to name a few. The party also introduced godowns and crops grown by farmers so that they could keep their crops safe from floods or droughts. Hence, farmers were taken care of. They had a buffer to rely on.” Revanth further said that the late Prime Minister and former chief minister of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh P V Narsimha Rao ensured that Prime Minister Indira Gandhi got the Land Ceiling Act into action. “The Act protects farmers from zamindars. That’s the legacy of the Congress party,” he asserted.
On the Preventive Detention Act (PD Act), Revanth Reddy said that the act was the contribution of the Congress party to the country and was passed in the 1980s during Indira Gandhi’s Prime Ministership to deal with violaters of the essential commodities act.
Continuing with the deeds of the Congress party over the years, Revanth Reddy said, “Sprinklers, drip, fertilisers, etc were subsidized for farmers by the Congress. We also got Rythu Bazaars in place. In the last seven years, KCR has ruined the progress that the Congress party made.”