Hyderabad, March 30 -- Chief minister A Revanth Reddy questioned the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief and former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) over his inability to distribute fine grain rice to the poor.

Launching the fine grain rice distribution scheme from Huzurnagar constituency on Sunday, March 30, CM Revanth reminded that the public distribution system (PDS) scheme was first introduced by former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in 1957, seventy-three years ago.

"When the Congress came to power in Telangana, it was revealed that rice worth Rs 21,000 crore was lying wasted in several rice mills across the state. We ensured 'middlemen', who were running a PDS rice recycling scam, looting Rs 10,000 crore of people's...