Defer Rythu Bharosa payments until after polls in Telangana: EC
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday ordered the state government to stop the disbursement of financial assistance to farmers under the Rythu Bharosa scheme. Following the criticism that the Congress government had failed to implement the previous government’s flagship programme, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy recently announced that the remaining farmers would be paid before May 9. The ECI in a letter to the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer said that the Chief Minister publicly speaking about ensuring disbursement under the Rythu Bharosa scheme on or before May 9, was a violation and it has also been reported in the media. During the recent Jana Jatara Sabha in Kothagudem, Revanth Reddy had said that Rythu Bharosa disbursement would be completed by May 9.