Kishan Reddy Hits Out At Revanth Govt on Fuel, Paddy
Union minister G. Kishan Reddy on Sunday accused Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s government of hypocrisy and inaction on fuel taxation, paddy procurement and farmer welfare
HYDERABAD: Union minister G. Kishan Reddy on Sunday accused Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s government of hypocrisy and inaction on fuel taxation, paddy procurement and farmer welfare. He said Telangana levies the highest value added tax (VAT) on fuel in the country at 35.20 per cent and demanded a reduction to ease consumer burden.
Speaking at the BJP state office in Nampally, Kishan Reddy said global conflicts drove crude prices and not the Centre, and noted that while the Centre cut excise duty when prices fell, Telangana did not lower its share.
On farm issues, he said the state was failing paddy growers and shifting blame onto the Centre despite the latter bearing the full cost of procurement. Farmers in several districts, he said, were staging road protests demanding immediate purchases. He accused the state of failing to deliver promised bonuses of ₹500 per quintal, alleging payments went to middlemen, and criticised incomplete loan waivers that left farmers as defaulters.
Defending Centre policies, Reddy said the Modi government raised the MSP for paddy from about ₹1,300 under the UPA to ₹2,360 now, and spends ₹40 per kg on rice distribution, supplying five kilograms free to 830 million people. He added that a 45‑kg urea bag is sold at ₹242 while the Centre bears a cost of ₹2,500, subsidising farmers despite global price rises.
He urged state ministers to leave “air‑conditioned offices” and resolve farmers’ problems on the ground, accusing the Congress government of misleading assurances and political posturing instead of delivery