Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy has alleged the Congress government in Telangana is deceiving farmers over paddy procurement. Speaking at a media conference today at the state BJP office in Hyderabad, Mr Reddy said that the Central government bears every single paisa of costs for paddy procurement, including gunny bags, transportation, and storage. He alleged that, despite this, the state government is delaying procurements.