Hyderabad: State BJP leader and senior legislator G. Kishan Reddy on Sunday accused the state government of not taking any relief measures in drought hit districts, despite the Centre having released funds.
He said the Chief Minister was able to find time to admit Opposition leaders into the TRS but he was not giving an appointment to BJP leaders wanting to represent the drought situation in the state.
He said that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao was on the one hand not reviewing the drought relief work and on the other, patting Excise Commissioner R.V. Chandravadan for exceeding the target in liquor sales. Thus showed that he is giving scant attention to people's sufferings.
Mr Kishan Reddy, who addressed a meeting of BJP district leaders in Mahbubnagar on Sunday, said that farmers who were deprived of a single crop for the last three years, were now selling their cattle as they are unable to feed them fodder and water.
Farmers were even postponing marriages in the families.“When the state sought Rs 800 crore assistance, the Centre released Rs 300 crore. Still the state government has not taken up any drought relief work worth mentioning,” Mr Kishan Reddy said.
He said that according to the information provided by his party leaders, more than 40 lakh agricultural workers had migrated to other states seeking employment. He accused the state government of changing names and diverting funds earmarked by the Centre to other schemes.
