Chandrababu Has Poor Opinion On Farmers: YSRCP

Hyderabad: Reiterating that the Chandrababu Naidu government has a poor opinion on farmers and agriculture, YSR Congress said, the just concluded Collectors Conference has failed to discuss the people’s issue, more so that of farmers, but the focus was on fixing growth rate without any basis.

Speaking to media here on Friday, party senior leader Botsa Satyanarayana said "the extent of sowing operations this rabi season has drastically fallen and there seems to be no discussion or any action plan to mitigate the suffering of the farmers."

Instead, the conference focused on fixing higher growth rate without fulfilling the basic norms and indicators of growth were not taken into account as the state has failed to look into the slide of agriculture sector this rabi season.

The average extent of sowing during rabi season has been over 14 lakh hectares but this time around it has fallen to just over 9 lakh hectares, as per the government data, which shows how pathetic the condition of agriculture is in the state, despite the tall claims of the State on the growth rate, of which agriculture is a prime component, he said.