Salvos in the south

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi has laid the blame for farmer woes in Telangana at the door of "mini Modi" K Chandrasekhar Rao aka KCR. Gandhi was on a padayatra through the drought-hit villages of the southern state last Friday. He said neither Prime Minister Narendra Modi nor state Chief Minister KCR was worried about the farmers, leave alone console them in their hour of distress. A combative Gandhi has relentlessly attacked the government since his return from a two-month sabbatical and has travelled to several states to rally support against a range of policies and initiatives taken by the government.