Congress threatens stir if government fails to waive crop loans

September 01, 2014 11:18 pm | Updated 11:18 pm IST - KARIMNAGAR:

DCC president K Mruthyunjayam has threatened to launch agitational programmes if the government failed to waive crop loans of the farmers in a time-bound programme as promised during the elections and provide fresh loans to take up farm activities.

Talking to newsmen here on Monday, he alleged that the TRS had come to power by making false promise of waiving crop loans immediately after attaining power.

But it was delaying the implementation of the promise on various pretexts, he said and demanded that the government clarify on the time it would take to waive the crop loans.

He said that the farmers had not repaid their crop loans following the promise made by the TRS during the elections and the interest on the loans. accrued burdening the farming community.

He also said that the government had not issued any fresh loans to the farmers on the pretext of waiver of crop loans. He also flayed the government for failing to provide assured power supply to farm sector.

Terming the intensive household survey as a “farce and gimmick” to divert the attention of the people, he said that the survey would not serve any purpose as it was done in an unscientific manner. He found fault with the government for not including the availability of ration card in the household survey.

With regard to the by-elections to Medak LS seat, he said that the DCC had roped in the services of former Minister D Sridhar Babu, Jagtial legislator T Jeevan Reddy, former MP Ponnam Prabhakar, MLC T Santosh Kumar, KDCCB chairman K Ravinder Rao and others to campaign extensively in entire Siddipet Assembly segment falling in the parliament constituency.

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