BRS asks EC to reconsider farmers' scheme freeze

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Monday wrote a letter to the Election Commission (EC) after the EC ordered that the disbursal of assistance to state farmers under the Rythu Bandhu scheme be stopped. Under the scheme, the state government provides ₹5,000 per acre to farmers twice a year as agriculture assistance.

The EC had earlier granted permission through a letter on November 25. However, after a statement from state finance minister and BRS leader T Harish Rao, the EC reconsidered its earlier decision. Rao had said in a speech that the Rythu Bandhu assistance would be deposited on November 28. The state is going to polls on November 30. The EC took note of the statement and stopped the implementation as the model code of the conduct was applicable in the state.

The blame game between the BRS and Congress started after the EC order.


"The Congress conspiracy against Rythu Bandhu has been revealed once again. Even after the Election Commission gave permission to distribute crop assistance to farmers, the Congress conspired. The decision was taken on the basis of a complaint given to the Election Commission...," T Harish Rao wrote on social media platform X.