Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 20 (ANI): Telangana Congress chief Sama Ram Mohan Reddy launched a scathing assault on BRS working president KT Rama Rao over his latest assertion on the Almatti Dam, accusing him of selective amnesia and betraying the state’s pursuits.
Labelling KTR as ‘Ghajini,’ Reddy alleged that it was KTR’s father, former Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao, who compromised Telangana’s water rights.
‘It is reconfirmed that KTR isn’t a frontrunner however Ghajini as a result of he forgot the previous, that it’s none aside from his father who disadvantaged the state, who cheated the folks of Telangana, particularly the farmers of South Telangana. When the slogan was to combat for the rightful share in Krishna and Godavari waters, after you folks got here to energy, it was none aside from your father who signed for 299 TMC whereas our rightful share and our combat and our slogan was for greater than 500 TMC in Krishna river,’ he stated.
He additional added, ‘Wasn’t it your father who signed for 299 TMC of June 21, 2016, earlier than the then Jal Shakti Minister Uma Bharti? Who gave such authority? Because you and your loved ones have been benefitted by taking such selections, by ceding Telangana’s rights to Andhra Pradesh…After we got here to energy, we’re combating for our rights earlier than the Supreme Court. You are the one who cheated Telangana..’
Earlier on Friday, BRS Working President KT Rama Rao got here down closely on the Congress-led Karnataka authorities for deciding to lift the Almatti Dam peak, calling it a ‘loss of life warrant’ for Telangana farmers.
He slammed Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for ‘luxuriating in Delhi’ whereas a harmful conspiracy was being hatched in opposition to Telangana’s farmers.
KTR identified that the Karnataka cupboard, three days in the past, determined to lift Almatti’s peak from 519 ft to 524 ft. He alleged that this was not merely for a further 100 TMC of water, however a part of a conspiracy to deprive Telangana of its rightful share of Krishna waters and switch erstwhile Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, and Ranga Reddy districts into deserts.
‘Congress is in energy right here and there, too. Do you may have neither the braveness to talk nor the heart to withstand when Telangana farmers’ lives are at stake?’ he requested, demanding that each Revanth Reddy and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi reply the Telangana folks.
KTR declared that nationwide events will need to have a nationwide coverage. ‘Will you sacrifice Telangana farmers for Karnataka’s pursuits?’ he thundered, warning that if the conspiracy was not thwarted instantly, BRS would launch a mass motion with farmers.
He expressed anguish that the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme–90% accomplished underneath KCR’s tenure–would be rendered ineffective if Almatti is raised.
‘Revanth, who calls himself a son of Palamuru, is silently watching this catastrophe,’ he criticised. (ANI)