Telangana BJP slams Congress over food grain procurement chaos, launches 3-day farmer outreach
Synopsis
Telangana BJP's three-day 'Rythu Gosa – BJP Bharosa' tour of procurement centres in Vikarabad and Medak has exposed a damaging picture: farmers waiting up to ten days to sell grain, gunny bags absent, lorries missing — and, allegedly, government machinery scrambling into action only when BJP MPs showed up at 4 a.m.
Key Takeaways
Telangana BJP launched a three-day 'Rythu Gosa – BJP Bharosa' programme on 25 May to highlight farmer distress at procurement centres.
Delegation led by state president N.
Ramchander Rao visited centres in Vikarabad and Medak , including the Parigi Agricultural Procurement Centre .
Farmers reportedly waiting up to ten days to sell paddy and maize due to shortages of tarpaulins, gunny bags, and lorries .
BJP alleged government machinery activated only after learning of the BJP visit, with gunny bags rushed in by 4 a.m. on the day.
Delegation included MPs Eatala Rajender, Raghunandan Rao, K.
Vishweshwar Reddy and Assembly floor leader Alleti Maheswar Reddy .
The Telangana Congress government had not publicly responded to the allegations at the time of reporting.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Telangana on Monday, 25 May launched a sharp offensive against the state's Congress government, accusing it of gross mismanagement in the procurement of food grains from farmers. The party kicked off a three-day programme titled 'Rythu Gosa – BJP Bharosa' (Farmers' distress, BJP's reassurance), with senior leaders visiting procurement centres across the state to assess ground conditions firsthand.
What BJP Leaders Found on the Ground
A delegation led by Telangana BJP state president N. Ramchander Rao — comprising MLAs, MLCs, and MPs — visited procurement centres in Vikarabad and Medak districts, including the Parigi Agricultural Procurement Centre and sites in Kulakcherla. Leaders interacted directly with farmers waiting to sell their harvested produce.
According to the BJP delegation, farmers have been forced to wait in queues for up to ten days at procurement centres, with heaps of harvested paddy and maize lying unattended due to acute shortages of tarpaulins, gunny bags, and transport lorries. Produce brought by farmers remained unsold, the delegation alleged, owing to the failure to weigh grain on time and a near-total absence of basic infrastructure.
What Ramchander Rao Alleged
'Farmers, who toiled for six months to grow their crops, are now forced to endure the miserable situation of waiting in queues for weeks at procurement centres just to sell their produce. Due to the Congress government's negligence, lack of minimum advance planning, and gross failure in collecting grains on time, the procurement process for paddy and maize has become completely chaotic across Telangana today,' Ramchander Rao said.
He further claimed that the BJP Kisan Morcha state president had previously met the State Chief Secretary and issued a formal warning that farmers would suffer severe losses without proper procurement arrangements — a warning the Congress government allegedly ignored entirely.
The 'Government Woke Up When BJP Arrived' Claim
In a pointed allegation, Ramchander Rao claimed that government machinery sprang into action only after it learnt that BJP legislators and parliamentarians would be visiting the procurement centres. He said farmers told the delegation that as early as 4 a.m. on the day of the visit, tractors rushed in gunny bags and officials pressured farmers to urgently fill and dispatch grain to rice mills.
'If this task could be accomplished today, why was it not possible to do so over all these days,' he asked.
This comes amid broader farmer distress signals in Telangana, where the kharif and rabi procurement cycles have repeatedly drawn criticism over infrastructure gaps at state-run purchase centres.
Who Was in the Delegation
The BJP delegation included Assembly floor leader Alleti Maheswar Reddy, MPs Eatala Rajender, Raghunandan Rao, K. Vishweshwar Reddy, and several other party leaders. The three-day programme is set to continue with visits to additional procurement centres across the state.
The Telangana Congress government had not issued an official response to the BJP's allegations at the time of reporting. All claims by BJP leaders are attributable to the party and have not been independently verified.
Point of View
Structural problem in Telangana that predates the current Congress government. The more pointed allegation — that officials rushed supplies in at 4 a.m. only because BJP legislators were visiting — if verified, would point to a system that responds to political optics rather than farmer need. The Congress government's silence so far is conspicuous; a detailed rebuttal with procurement data would be the minimum credible response. Until then, the BJP controls the narrative on a story that matters to Telangana's farming majority.
NationPress
13 Jul 2026
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the BJP's 'Rythu Gosa – BJP Bharosa' programme in Telangana?
It is a three-day outreach campaign launched by Telangana BJP on 25 May, in which party leaders including MLAs, MLCs, and MPs are visiting food grain procurement centres across the state to document farmer hardships and pressure the Congress government to fix procurement failures.
What specific problems did BJP leaders find at procurement centres?
BJP leaders alleged acute shortages of tarpaulins, gunny bags, and transport lorries at centres in Vikarabad and Medak, forcing farmers to wait up to ten days to sell their paddy and maize. Grain reportedly lay in open heaps, unsold and unweighed.
Why did BJP allege the government acted only on the day of their visit?
Telangana BJP state president N. Ramchander Rao claimed farmers told the delegation that gunny bags were rushed in by tractor as early as 4 a.m. on the day of the BJP visit, and officials pressured farmers to quickly fill and dispatch grain — suggesting the government had the capacity to act but chose not to until political scrutiny arrived.
Had BJP previously warned the Telangana government about procurement issues?
According to Ramchander Rao, the BJP Kisan Morcha state president had already met the State Chief Secretary and formally warned that farmers would suffer losses without proper procurement arrangements. The Congress government allegedly did not act on this warning.
Who led the BJP delegation to the procurement centres?
The delegation was led by Telangana BJP state president N. Ramchander Rao and included Assembly floor leader Alleti Maheswar Reddy and MPs Eatala Rajender, Raghunandan Rao, and K. Vishweshwar Reddy.
