Hyderabad, May 31 -- Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy asserted that the Congress government would continue providing free electricity to farmers and challenged the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) to stake its political future on the issue.

Chief Minister on Saturday said the state remains committed to supplying quality 24/7 free power to the agriculture sector and dismissed allegations that the government was planning to withdraw the scheme or install smart meters on agricultural pump sets.

Revanth Reddy challenged the BRS leadership to publicly declare that it would not contest the next Assembly elections if the Congress government failed to honour its commitment to free power for farmers. He also stated that Congress would similarl...