Nellore, Oct. 26 -- YSR Congress Party Nellore District President and former minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy on Sunday lashed out at the Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu-led Andhra Pradesh government and alleged the state government of a lack of apathy toward farmers' distress caused by continuous unseasonal rains.

Speaking to the media at the YSRCP district office in Nellore, Kakani said that even as Cyclone Montha is approaching, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has not held a review meeting with the Agriculture Department. Farmers are beginning to doubt whether the state even has an agriculture minister, he remarked.

Kakani said, "From the day Chandrababu Naidu came to power, his governance has been vindictive towards farmers. Whenev...