Sangareddy, Aug. 15 -- Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Saturday challenged BRS president and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to a debate in the State Assembly on farmers' welfare during the 10-year BRS regime and the Congress government's tenure.

Addressing a public meeting in Sangareddy after launching the distribution of Smart Ration Cards, the Chief Minister claimed that the Congress-led "People's Government" had spent Rs 1.70 lakh crore on farmers in just two-and-a-half years.

"Let us discuss the good we have done for farmers and the injustice inflicted on them during the 10-year BRS rule," Revanth Reddy said, listing various measures undertaken by his government for the farming community.

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