Hyderabad, April 16 -- Several public organisations launched a united front called the "Telangana Tenant Farmers Recognition Committee," to demand that the Congress government honour its pre-election promises.

Declaring a struggle for recognition of farmers, the Rythu Swarajya Vedika group formed the committee to draft a joint action plan. During a roundtable meeting, the participants expressed outrage over the Congress-led state government.

Citing a concerning statistic of 80 per cent of farmer suicides involve tenants in Telangana, the group warned that government negligence is driving 36 per cent of the state's agricultural workforce into debt and despair.

"Due to a lack of bank loans and government schemes, they are trapped in extr...