KTR exposes ‘vile misinformation campaign’ by BJP, Congress on Kaleshwaram, KCR

Clarifies that Kaleshwaram project was not the decision of an individual, but a unanimous policy decision taken by the Telangana Cabinet at the time

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao on Monday launched a blistering attack on the BJP and Congress for what he called a ‘vile misinformation campaign’ against the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project and accused them of jointly conspiring to malign BRS president and former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao.

“Both BJP and Congress are working with a single objective to malign KCR garu. Their agenda is not governance but vendetta,” he said, clarifying that the Kaleshwaram project was not the decision of an individual, but a unanimous policy decision taken by the Telangana Cabinet at the time.

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“Even former ministers like Eatala Rajender and Harish Rao have reiterated that this was a government-approved, cabinet-sanctioned project. The implementation was carried out by the administration, not individuals. There is absolutely nothing to hide. Everything was done with utmost transparency,” he stated.

Harish Rao’s presentation laid everything bare

Urging the people to watch the detailed presentation made by Harish Rao, he said it was a ‘masterclass in truth’.

“If anyone watched Harish Rao’s explanation, they would understand the project’s depth and benefits. He explained it as clearly as peeling a banana. It was that simple and detailed,” he said.

“If a leader in another country had completed a project of this scale bringing irrigation to 45 lakh acres in just four years, they would have been immortalized in their national history. That leader would have been celebrated with global honours. Sadly, in our country, such a historic project has become a tool for political mudslinging,” he said.

Denouncing the issuance of notices by investigation bodies as politically motivated harassment, he said the notices were merely attempts to irritate and distract the BRS.

“We have already stated everything that needs to be said. Today, Harish Rao presented all the facts before the commission in full detail. The Commission has nothing new to ask for KCR garu — everything that needed to be said has already been said,” Rama Rao stated.

KCR achieved in four years what Congress couldn’t in decades

Lashing out at the Congress for its history of failures, Rama Rao noted that while Congress governments took decades to construct major projects like Bhakra Nangal, Nagarjuna Sagar, Narmada and SRSP, Chandrashekhar Rao had completed Kaleshwaram in record time.

“This is no small accomplishment. Had this occurred in another country, KCR would have been decorated with the highest awards. But here, the very parties that failed to deliver for decades are trying to demonize a leader who delivered the impossible,” he said.

Criticizing the current Congress regime under Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, he said the Congress had managed to wrest power by making 420 fake promises, only to betray the public.

“This government is leading the State down a dangerous, destructive path,” he said, accusing Revanth Reddy of using media manipulation to mislead the public.

“This media-management trickery cannot cover up their incompetence forever,” he added.