The process of issuing the cards would be completed during the commencement of the next Kharif season, he said at a press conference here.
Mr Reddy, who adressed the press along with ministers-Sridhar Babu, Anam Ramnarayan Reddy, Vatti Vasantha Kumar, Venkat Ramireddy and Y S Vivekananda Reddy at the Congress Legislative Party office, said the loan cards would facilitate them to draw input subsidy and get fertilizers, seeds, crop insurance and other facilities on par with land owned farmers..
Criticising TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu's remarks against the Congress government during the ''Rythu Kosam'' meeting at Guntur yesterday, the minister said Mr Naidu did not have any moral right to speak up for farmers as the TDP government led by him had completely neglected the agriculture sector and farmers faced unprecedented crisis.
''First of all, they should spell out whether they had launched any programme for the welfare of farmers during their tenure, he said and wondered whether the former Chief Minister had written even a single letter to the Centre seeking enhancement of MSP for Paddy crop during his''.
He alleged that the TDP had spent more than Rs 10 crore on the ''Rythu Kosam'' meet only as a show of strength and not for taking up the cause of farmers.
''The people were not so immature to believe the TDP leaders and a few national leaders' remarks at the meeting'', he said.
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