Overview
- On a tour of Pulivendula, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy called the TDP-led administration anti-farmer after inspecting damaged banana plantations and warned of launching a people’s movement.
- Jagan asserted that crop-insurance coverage has fallen to about 18 lakh farmers from roughly 80 lakh during his tenure, when he says ₹7,400 crore was paid in compensation.
- He alleged denial of input subsidies, dismantling of free crop insurance by stopping e-crop, and rising cultivation costs with farmers pushed to buy fertilisers on the black market.
- He cited a collapse in banana prices—from about ₹25,000–₹32,000 per tonne previously to under ₹2,000 now—saying unsold produce is rotting in fields.
- TDP MLC Bhumireddy Ramgopal Reddy challenged Jagan to prove that such insurance payouts, especially for banana farmers, were made under YSRCP rule or resign, presenting a direct counter to the claims.