Fear of KCR getting credit behind Congress neglect of Palamuru-Rangareddy project: KTR

BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Sunday alleged that the Congress government was deliberately delaying the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Project to prevent BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao from gaining credit.

Vikarabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Sunday charged that the Congress government was deliberately delaying the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Project (PRLIP) because it feared that BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao would receive credit for the project.

Addressing party workers in Vikarabad, Rama Rao said the previous BRS government had completed nearly 90 per cent of the PRLIP works.

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“Had the project been completed as scheduled, nearly 10,000 acres in the Vikarabad constituency would have received irrigation water,” he claimed. He also said that Congress leaders had created hurdles for the project while in opposition by filing court cases against it, and were now neglecting it after coming to power.

“All this is being done out of fear that BRS chief KCR will get the
credit,” he said.

Rama Rao also criticised the Speaker, alleging that despite BRS MLAs switching loyalties and campaigning for the Congress while wearing party scarves, no action had been initiated against them. “The Speaker is behaving like Dhritarashtra,” he remarked.

He further objected to the Speaker’s reported criticism of the BRS government over the State’s debt burden, saying it was unfair for a person holding a constitutional position to make such allegations.

Defending the previous BRS government, Rama Rao said that after 2014 it had raised loans of about Rs 2.80 lakh crore, which were used for providing 24-hour quality power supply, implementing the Rythu Bandhu scheme, establishing medical colleges and residential schools, and carrying out various welfare and development programmes.

In contrast, he alleged that the Congress had failed to fulfill promises such as extending Rythu Bandhu benefits to tenant farmers and agricultural labourers, increasing pensions, and implementing other assurances made during the elections. “People are counting the mistakes being committed by the Congress government and are eager to roll down the shutters on this government,” Rama Rao said.

He also criticised the Congress government over the allotment of land for a proposed naval radar station at Damagundam. He claimed that the BRS government had earlier refused to allot the land, but Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy immediately allotted 2,900 acres because he feared Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Questioning the government’s environmental stance, Rama Rao said, “On one hand, Revanth Reddy speaks about the need for the Musi rejuvenation project, and on the other hand, he permits felling of trees. How can he be trusted?”

The BRS leader also accused the police of showing “over-enthusiasm” against his party and warned that their actions would be “repaid with interest” once the BRS returned to power.