A group of legislators in Telengana headed by the state's agriculture minister is set to go on a foreign tour to Israel as progressive farmers, raising the heckles of the opposition parties.

The state delegation bound for Tel Aviv for Agritech 2015 exposition includes four MLAs from the ruling Telengana Rashtra Samithi party. None of them are active farmers.

The opposition Congress, which finds no representation in the government panel, has slammed the delegation accusing its members of not belonging to the farming ocmmunity.

The state agriculture department says the four MLAs qualify as progressive farmers because of the progressive measures they have encouraged in their fields like the use of pesticides, organic farming and the use of drip irrigation.