TRS rebuts charges on Pothireddypadu

HYDERABAD: Refuting charges made by the opposition on the

Pothireddypadu

water row, leaders from the erstwhile Mahbubnagar district on Thursday said it was TRS which fought against the Congress government in united AP when water was being diverted to Rayalaseema from Pothireddypadu.

Addressing a press conference, minister

V Srinivas Goud

, MLAs

C Laxma Reddy

and Anjaiah Yadav dismissed the allegations that both Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and AP CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy have a secret agreement on the proposed irrigation project.

The leaders said KCR had never compromised on the interests of the Telangana. “Leaders of Congress and BJP should meet the PM and get national project status for Palamuru-Rangareddy lift irrigation project,” Goud said.