Accepting the challenge thrown by the Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for a debate on the floor of the House, the BRS leader T Harish Rao said that his party would give an answer which will block the minds of the Congress members.
The BRS leader was responding to the challenge thrown by the Chief Minister, Harish Rao said that during the ten years of KCR’s government, irrespective of the pressure exerted by the Centre, the projects were not handed over to the KRMB. “We had laid a condition that 50 per cent share of water should be given, Srisailam should be recognized as a hydel project and only 20 per cent of drinking water should be taken into account.
Even before two months of being in the office, the Congress government handed over the projects keeping the interests of the people of the state at stake,” said the former Irrigation Minister, alleging Revanth Reddy had no grip on the subject hence he was spitting venom. He should stop his over smartness, he added.
Harish Rao questioned wasn’t it the Congress government that passed the Bill to hand over the projects to the Center during the division of the state? “It was your Jaipal Reddy and Jairam Ramesh who had drafted the bill. Revanth has no idea on irrigation, he is talking cheaply without understanding.
He is bringing water problems to the state,” said Harish Rao, cautioning that Hyderabad would have drinking water problem. If the projects are handed over to the Board, Khammam, Nalgonda, Mahbub Nagar will have problems with irrigation water and drinking water, the BRS leader added.
Harish Rao said that Revanth was not qualified to talk about Pothireddypadu. “Revanth, who was in TDP that day, did not respond to Pothireddypadu, his lips are closed. Look at your back and then talk. We fought hard in the Assembly against Pothireddypadu. We stalled the Assembly for 30 days when water was being taken to Pothireddypadu. We have a history of throwing ministerial posts within a year,” said Rao.
The BRS leader said that in the morning, former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu told Revanth that there should be sobriety in politics and in the afternoon, Revanth spoke cheap and vulgar words. He recalled that in the past the Congress ran away with an excuse of not being prepared. “We are not like that, we will boldly come to the discussion. They are talking the same way they used to talk when they were in the opposition,” said Rao.
The BRS leader alleged that the Congress government failed to implement the promises like Rythu Bandhu, pension hike, free current, loan waiver. He called upon the party leaders to win Malkajgiri MP seat. BRS must win MP seats to fight for the interests of Telangana in Delhi.
