Hyderabad, Aug. 26 -- It's not the state government, nor is the Congress party to blame. A political conspiracy hatched by the Opposition is intensifying Telangana's urea crisis, turning a manageable shortfall into a full-blown storm. In the parched fields of the state, farmers like Ramaiah from Nalgonda district are caught in a desperate struggle. Day after day, Ramaiah joins hundreds outside Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies, clutching empty sacks, waiting for urea-the lifeblood of their crops during the critical Kharif season.

The hope of a bountiful harvest, spurred by early monsoons, is fading as fields go without this essential fertiliser. In villages like Medapalli in Warangal, tensions boil over, with women farmers clash...