Sircilla, March 9 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Monday strongly criticised the Congress government in Telangana, alleging that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has effectively introduced a new scheme called "Rahul Bandhu" by diverting funds meant for farmers under the Rythu Bandhu scheme.

Speaking at a felicitation programme organised for newly elected councillors in Sircilla, KTR said that the Congress government has been consistently delaying and denying the Rythu Bandhu assistance that farmers are entitled to receive. He accused the Chief Minister of diverting farmers' funds to please the Congress high command.

KTR remarked that while farmers across the state are waiting for the promised Rythu Ban...