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The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Monday wrote a letter to the Election Commission (EC) after the EC ordered that the disbursal of assistance to state farmers under the Rythu Bandhu scheme be stopped..
Under the scheme, the state government provides 5,000 per acre to farmers twice a year as agriculture assistance...
However, after a statement from state finance minister and BRS leader T Harish Rao, the EC reconsidered its earlier decision..
Even after the Election Commission gave permission to distribute crop assistance to farmers, the Congress conspired..
The decision was taken on the basis of a complaint given to the Election Commission...," T Harish Rao wrote on social media platform X.. (Catch all the Business News, Breaking News Events and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.)..
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