TelanganaCongress former president and Nalgonda MP NUttam Kumar Reddy said the state government owes over Rs 4,200 crore to the women Self Help Groups (SHGs) in the state and demanded that the government immediately release the amount.

The TRS government had last released Rs 1,200 crore towards payment of interest on loans obtained by SHGs before the assembly polls in 2018. Now, with an eye on the vote bank of Women, the government announced release of Rs 54 crore to SHGs in Huzurabad Assembly constituency, he said.

Uttam alleged that the government has not been paying the interest on the loans taken by theWoman Self Help Groupsscheme (interest-free loans to women SHGs) after K Chandrasekhar Rao took over as the chief minister for the second term in December 2018.