Don’t let Oppn leaders disrupt development, Revanth urges people
Hindustan TimesTelangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday cautioned people not to get carried away by the malicious propaganda being unleashed by the opposition parties and obstruct the development projects initiated by his government. A Revanth Reddy Addressing a Rythu Sadassu at Amistapur village of Mahabubnagar district, Revanth Reddy recalled the latest protests by tribal farmers at Lagacharla, where the government wanted to establish an industrial corridor. “But they instigated the innocent tribals in Lagacharla against acquisition of just 1,300 acres and made them go to jail by resorting to violence and attacking officials,” he said, adding that big projects like Nagarjunasagar will not have been built had the farmers who lost their land for these projects assaulted officials. The CM said his government was committed to farmers’ welfare and spent ₹54,000 crore for farmer welfare, including a ₹21,000 crore farm loan waiver benefitting 2.5 million families in its first year.