Hyderabad, March 27 -- Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao on Thursday thanked Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for highlighting farmers' plight in Telangana during a discussion in the Parliament and alleged that the local BJP leadership is busy acting like "personal staff" of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.

"While I may have many issues with madam FM Nirmala Sitharaman Garu and her economic policies, I am thankful to her for this Thank you for taking this up and raising your voice to highlight the plight of the farmers in Telangana. Not even 30 percent farmers' loans were waived off. Farmer suicides are increasing. Raithu bandhu isn't being released. There is a severe water crisis. This is the first time in ...