Kakinada, March 13 -- YSRCP leader and former Minister Kurasala Kannababu has criticized the CM Chandrababu Naidu headed coalition government, stating that its policies have become a curse for the agriculture sector and that farmers are being repeatedly deceived.

Speaking to the media at his camp office in Kakinada, he said the government is spreading false claims about the third installment of the Annadata Sukhibhava- PM Kisan scheme while failing to honour its promise of providing Rs. 20,000 financial assistance to farmers apart from the central PM-Kisan support. Instead, he said, the government skipped payments in the first year, provided only Rs. 10,000 in the second year, and has now excluded more than 7 lakh farmers from the scheme i...