Farmers' plight ignored by Congress govt, alleges Kavitha

Prelims-testable facts

• 01Kavitha accused the Congress government of neglecting farmers' woes in Telangana.
• 02The Congress government in Telangana has been accused of failing to procure paddy on time.
• 03TRS leader Kavitha alleged that the government had collected nearly Rs 1,200 crore from farmers through deductions during paddy procurement.
• 04No government official had visited the village to assess the crop damage, according to Kavitha.
• 05Kavitha urged Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to take immediate steps to protect farmers' interests.
• 06The TRS leader threatened statewide protests over farmers' issues if the government did not address their concerns.
• 07Kavitha accused the Congress government of using a farmers' DISCOM proposal as a Trojan horse to privatise the state's remaining two power distributors.

Trap alerts

• Most people think Kavitha is a member of the TRS party, but actually she is a leader of the TRS party.
• Most people think the Congress government in Telangana is responsible for the farmers' woes, but actually Kavitha accused the government of neglecting farmers' issues.
• Most people think the crop damage was due to natural causes, but actually Kavitha alleged that the government's failure to procure paddy on time contributed to the damage.