Bengaluru, Oct. 7 -- Karnataka Leader of Opposition (LoP) R Ashoka alleged that the Congress government in the state was not responding adequately to farmers' distress amid a severe drought situation in the state and urged the Centre's drought study team to recommend higher relief.

Ashoka, along with LoP in the Karnataka Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, met the central drought study team at Kumarakrupa Guest House and apprised it of the situation on the ground.

Speaking to reporters later, Ashoka said crop losses had occurred across more than 50 per cent of the area and claimed that farmers were facing severe hardship due to inadequate rainfall.

"We have requested the central team to comprehensively report the distress bein...