Claiming that the cotton farmers lost several crops due to the recent heavy rains and spurious seeds making their way into the market, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Working President Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka demanded that the State government provide immediate assistance to the farmers.
Vikramarka inspected the damaged cotton fields in Meenavolu and Banigandlapadu villages under Yerrupalem mandal in his constituency Madhira on Wednesday.
Speaking to the media later, he demanded that the government compensate them at the earliest by sending officials to assess crop loss.
Demanding that the State government initiate immediate action against the Agriculture Minister and his officials who supervised the seed packets distributed by the accused firms to the farmers, the TPCC leader slammed the Chief Minister for "ignoring the issue altogether".