India, July 1 -- Hitting out at the opposition BRS over its criticism of the Congress Government's agriculture record, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday said the Government had spent about Rs 1.75 lakh crore on farmer welfare since it took office 30 months ago.

Speaking after releasing funds under the 'Rythu Bandhu' investment support scheme for farmers, he dismissed BJP national president Nitin Nabin's call to party activists to work towards a win in the next Telangana assembly polls.

It took 15 years for the BJP to win assembly polls in West Bengal, and the saffron party would meet the same fate in Telangana, he said. Taking strong exception to the BRS questioning the Congress Government's performance in the agricult...