The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) seeks to compete with the Rachabanda program by launching the next phase of its Rythu Kosam program from Guntur district on Tuesday.
A decision to this effect was taken at a party meeting at the NTR Trust Bhavan on Monday, which was chaired by party President N Chandrababu Naidu.
After emerging from the meeting with senior party leaders, Naidu told media persons that he would tour Guntur district on Tuesday and Wednesday, and address the farmers through the Rythu Kosam program.
Naidu said that his party would intensify its agitations to highlight the plight of the farmers of Andhra Pradesh who were reeling under severe economic hardships. "The agitation will continue till the farmers get justice and an adequate financial package," he said.
The former Chief Minister alleged that the government had started the Rachabanda program to divert the attention of the people, and to cover up the loopholes in its administration.
"We will create awareness among the farmers as to how they will be adversely affected by the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal verdict," he said.
Naidu also intends to tell the farmers that most of their problems remain unsolved, and that they have been relegated to the background due to the inefficient and negligent government.
The meeting, where the strategy to be adopted on the Telangana state formation issue was also discussed, was attended by Telangana Telugu Desam Forum Convenor Nagam Janrdhan Reddy, and senior party leaders Kadium Srihari, Harishwar Reddy, Devender Goud and Errabelli Dayakar Rao.