‘KCR did grave injustice regarding Krishna waters’

Union Minister Bandi Sanjay on Thursday launched a blistering attack on former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao accusing him of committing grave injustice to Telangana in the matter of Krishna river water sharing. Speaking to media persons, Bandi Sanjay questioned as to why the Congress leaders failed to oppose KCR’s decisions at the time and asserted that it was the BJP that staged protests and forced KCR to relent. 

He alleged that both the Congress and BRS parties played political games over the water issue, harming the Telangana’s interests. Further, he remarked that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy lied in the Assembly, particularly on the Palamuru–Rangareddy Lift Irrigation (PRLI) Project, and asked whether the Congress had ever protested when BRS stalled the project earlier. He said the Centre conducted multiple meetings to ensure Telangana did not face injustice in water sharing. 

Highlighting the figures, Sanjay said undivided Andhra Pradesh had 811 TMC of Krishna water, but Congress never allowed Telangana to use more than 200 TMC. He added that despite having 1,486 TMC share in the Godavari river, Telangana had utilized less than 500 TMC. Minister Sanjay alleged that under the water-sharing agreement, Telangana should receive 571 TMC of Krishna water while Andhra Pradesh should get 299 TMC, but the allocations were reversed. 

He claimed KCR, Chandrababu Naidu and Harish Rao had signed the agreement in the presence of then Union Minister Uma Bharti. He sharply criticized KCR for remaining silent after the Pothireddypadu capacity was increased from 4.3 TMC to 13.7 TMC.