The Election Fee on Monday withdrew permission given to the Bharat Rashtra Smithi authorities in Telangana to disburse monetary support to farmers for rabi crops beneath the Rythu Bandhu scheme.
The mannequin code of conduct is imposed within the southern state because it goes to polls on November 30. Votes will likely be counted on December 3.
The event got here two days after the ballot panel accused Finance Minister T Harish Rao of violating the mannequin code by making a public announcement in regards to the scheme. The code is a set of tips issued by the Election Fee that political events need to observe whereas campaigning.
The scheme gives farmers with funding help for agriculture and horticulture crops with the goal of lowering their debt. Every farmer will get a direct profit switch of Rs 5,000 per acre every season for buying seeds, fertilisers and pesticides in addition to different necessities.
There are 70 lakh farmers as beneficiaries beneath the scheme.
On November 24, the polling physique had allowed the state authorities to proceed disbursing monetary support. Nonetheless, the permission was granted on the situation that the federal government is not going to add new beneficiaries or promote the scheme in its rallies amongst others issues.
The Okay Chandrashekar Rao-led state authorities had sought permission for disbursing advantages stating that it’s normally accomplished throughout the November-January interval throughout the Rabi season since 2018.
Nonetheless, the polling physique stated that T Harish Rao, the nephew of Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao, violated the provisions of the Mannequin Code of Conduct. He’s contesting the Siddipet Meeting constituency.
The Election Fee additionally stated that the get together violated the circumstances laid down for disbursing the funds because it “publicised the scheme the discharge beneath the scheme, and thereby disturbed the extent enjoying subject within the ongoing election course of”.
The polling physique took the motion after the Opposition Congress on Sunday requested the chief election commissioner to limit the Bharat Rashtra Samithi from selling the disbursement of their ballot marketing campaign, reported the Hindustan Instances.
The Congress in its manifesto has additionally promised an analogous scheme referred to as the Rythu Bharosa, beneath which it’s going to pay Rs 15,000 per acre for farmers/tenant farmers and Rs 12,000 for agricultural labour and bonus of Rs 500 for paddy crop.
Telangana Congress president A Revanth Reddy tweeted on Monday that farmers don’t want to fret in regards to the growth as his get together would give them Rs 15,000 inside 10 days after it kinds the federal government on December 9.
Reddy additionally blamed T Harish Rao for the polling physique’s determination.
He added that the uncle and nephew have made the farmers lose cash with their conceitedness to realize political mileage. “The Bharat Rashtra Samithi doesn’t have any love for the farmers however are solely involved about getting political mileage,” he stated.
రైతుబంధుతో ఓట్లు దండుకోవాలన్న దురాశ, ఆత్రుత, అహంకారం తప్ప, నిజంగా రైతులకు మేలు జరగాలన్న ఉద్ధేశం మామా – అల్లుళ్లకు లేదు.
హరీష్ రావు వ్యాఖ్యల కారణంగానే రైతుబంధుకు ఇచ్చిన అనుమతిని ఉపసంహరించుకుంటున్నట్టు ఈసీ ఆదేశాలు ఇవ్వడం దీనికి నిదర్శనం.
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