A purported video showing a Gajwel Mandal Revenue Officer allegedly making remarks about pesticide consumption to a distressed farmer has prompted a demand for government action, while the official exchange and any departmental response remain unverified in the material supplied for this report.
Telangana Today reported that BRS working president KT Rama Rao demanded action against the Gajwel MRO after the video circulated on social media. The report said the farmer had approached the revenue official seeking help to protect his agricultural land.
According to the account attributed to the video, the official allegedly asked the farmer whether he had consumed pesticide and whether he was still alive. The farmer is also reported to have questioned whether the official was laughing at his distress, to which the MRO allegedly responded affirmatively.
The report does not establish when or where the video was recorded, whether the footage is complete, or whether its audio and visual content have been independently authenticated. It also does not include a response from the MRO, the Gajwel revenue administration, the Telangana government or the Chief Secretary.
Rama Rao criticised the alleged conduct in a post on X and called for action by the Chief Secretary. “Is this how we treat the very farmers who feed us?” he wrote, according to Telangana Today. He also described the alleged conduct as unacceptable and demanded action against the officer.
The reported episode places the conduct of frontline revenue administration at the centre of the controversy. Mandal-level revenue officials are often the first government contact for residents seeking help with land records, ownership disputes and other land-related matters. In this case, the supplied report identifies the farmer’s concern only as an effort to save his agricultural land; it does not provide details of the dispute, the documents involved or the relief sought.
That missing context is significant. Without the farmer’s application, the relevant land records, or an account from the revenue department, it is not possible to establish what administrative action was requested or whether the official had taken any steps before the alleged exchange. The supplied report also does not say whether the farmer filed a formal complaint or whether any inquiry has been ordered.
The incident has nevertheless triggered political criticism of the Congress government over its treatment of farmers. That criticism is attributed to Rama Rao and should not be treated as an independently established finding about the government’s conduct. The supplied material does not document a government policy, departmental order or official statement connected to the alleged remarks.
For the matter to be established, the video would need to be authenticated and the people shown or heard in it identified. A formal response from the MRO or the revenue department would also be necessary to clarify whether the exchange occurred as reported. Any departmental inquiry, complaint, suspension or other action would need to be confirmed through an official statement or document.
The available report establishes that a purported video circulated, that KT Rama Rao demanded action, and that the episode concerns a farmer seeking assistance over agricultural land. It does not yet establish the authenticity of the footage, the full circumstances of the interaction or whether the Telangana government has initiated action.
