Vikarabad, May 25 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Telangana government over alleged delays and mismanagement in paddy procurement, claiming that farmers across the state are facing severe hardship due to lack of preparedness and procurement bottlenecks.

BJP MP Etela Rajender said Telangana, being a "rice bowl state," has witnessed poor planning by the government, alleging that authorities failed to assess the second crop output and did not convene an all-party meeting to brief farmers on procurement arrangements.

"Telangana is a state of the rice bowl. The government doesn't have an estimate of the crop produced in the second crop. There's no preparedness. The government used to call an a...