HYDERABAD: Stating that it was his personal opinion, BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Wednesday said his party would extend support to only the Vice-Presidential candidate of the alliance — NDA or INDIA — that assures two lakh tonnes of urea to Telangana before September 9.
Rama Rao stressed that the BRS, which has four members in the Rajya Sabha, would back only the alliance that guaranteed urea supply.
“No alliance has approached us yet. Our decision will be taken solely in the interest of Telangana farmers,” he said.
The BRS leader also criticised the Congress for not nominating a BC leader for the Vice-President post despite claiming commitment to social justice. “If they were serious, they could have fielded intellectuals like Kancha Ilaiah or any eminent BC leader,” he said.
He reiterated that the BRS was not aligned with either the NDA or INDIA bloc. “We are an independent party. We have no bosses in Delhi. The people of Telangana are our only bosses,” he said.
He blamed the Congress government for the fertiliser shortage in the state, calling it an “artificial scarcity” created by mismanagement. He alleged that stocks were being diverted and sold in the black market by Congress leaders.
“For the first time in Telangana’s history, women farmers are spending nights outside depots, farmers are leaving shoes and Aadhaar cards in queues to save their place, and some are even facing police cases for demanding fertiliser. This humiliation never happened during KCR’s 10-year rule,” he said.
He demanded that the state government release a white paper on fertiliser supply, warehouse stocks and actual distribution, and that the Centre order a probe and take action against those responsible.
He criticised both the Congress and BJP MPs from Telangana. “With eight Congress MPs and eight BJP MPs, Telangana has gained nothing. 8+8 has only meant zero benefit for our state,” he said.
Don’t let Congress leaders enter your villages: Harish Meanwhile, former minister T Harish Rao called upon farmers to not let the Congress leaders enter their villages for failing to supply urea. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating the BRS office at Nanganur mandal headquarters, he said: “Congress leaders have no right to move around in villages.”
Targeting CM A Revanth Reddy, he said: “CM visited Delhi more than 50 times. Yet, he failed to get required urea. He has not conducted even a single review on the availability of urea. While former CM KCR accorded top priority to farmers, the incumbent CM led them into a hell with his wrong plans and policies.”