India, May 23 -- HyderabadThe opposition parties and the ruling Congress in Telangana on Friday indulged in a bitter political slugfest over procurement of paddy and other agricultural produce during the recently concluded Rabi season.

The opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) alleged that the Congress government had miserably failed in paddy procurement, leaving farmers in the lurch.

"Chief minister A Revanth Reddy is making "irresponsible and misleading" statements on paddy procurement, while farmers across the state are struggling due to unavailability of gunny bags," BRS working president KT Rama Rao said.

Speaking to reporters at the party office, KTR said farmers arriving at procurement centres were being forced to wait for day...