Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and former IT minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Sunday, November 16, slammed the Telangana and central governments for not helping cotton farmers in the state to sell their crops.

Stating that despite nearly 50 lakh acres of cotton cultivation this year, KTR said that both the Congress run Telangana government and the BJP-led Centre should intervene in the matter. He also accused the state and central governments of “jointly failing” the farming community.

The BRS leader slammed both the governments, and said lakhs of cotton farmers who toiled throughout the year are now unable to sell their produce. Accusing them of “reckless negligence” towards the severe cotton procurement crisis unfolding across the state KTR demanded that the Ce

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