Key Highlights
- Krishna Devarayalu said that rising debts, rejected auction lots, unsold produce, slumping prices, and shrinking market demand had left thousands of farmers in crisis.
- Launching a pointed attack on the ITC Limited, the MP alleged that despite posting ₹5,187 crore net profit in Q2 during FY26, the company failed to meaningfully deploy CSR funds for farmer welfare or crop diversification.
- He also alleged that Godfrey Phillips India (GPI), too, did not come to the rescue of the farmers.
- He noted that when prices collapsed this season, it was the Andhra Pradesh government that intervened by spending ₹278 crore to stabilise markets and protect growers.
- Referring to Chief Minister N.