Hyderabad, Oct 1 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Wednesday claimed that farmer suicides in Telangana are rising again under Congress rule, with more than 700 farmers ending their lives during the last two years.
The former minister stated that during former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s (KCR) tenure, farmer suicides in the state had fallen by a record 96 per cent, the sharpest decline in the entire country, as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
KTR told media persons that schemes like Rythu Bandhu and Rythu Bima had ushered in a golden era for Telangana’s farmers, providing unprecedented financial stability and confidence.
The BRS leader said that Telangana had achieved remarkable progress under KCR’s leadership, but the situatio