There is no harm in conducting a ritualistic ‘yagya’ but to conduct it at a time when the state is reeling under drought and condition of the farmers is anything but satisfactory, is completely out of line. According to non official figures, in the last one year about 1347 farmers have committed suicide in Telangana and the government figure puts it at 782 farmer suicides between June 2014 and December 2015. Recently even the call money scam was unearthed in the state. Questions are bound to be raised when a Chief Minister is seen to spend crores over a religious ritual at such a time. Chandrashekhar Rao however has said that he would not burden the state rather the cost is being borne out of his personal expense. But he should also reveal from where he has managed to get such a huge sum of money!