Farmers bodies claimed that the report underplayed farmer suicides in the state for 2022, estimating farmer suicides at 420, as accessed from the district crime records bureau and newspaper reports that specifically quoted the reason for suicide as farm distress. They said that the "low number of 178" in the report "hid the stark reality" in rural areas and "the undercurrent of discontent in rural areas", claiming it was the undoing of the outgoing BRS government.
