: The Telugu Desam Party has favoured settlement of issues pertaining to sharing of Krishna and Godavari water between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh through mutual dialogue and with the intervention of an Apex Council constituted by the Centre. The party came down on the TRS government for triggering trouble with Andhra Pradesh, instead of countering the ‘illegal’ projects being constructed by the upper riparian States of Maharashtra and Karnataka.
National president N. Chandrababu Naidu walked a tightrope walk when he urged the Telugu-speaking States to observe restraint and settle issues amicably, while unanimously approving a resolution moved by national general secretary Revuri Prakash Reddy at the Mahanadu here on Saturday. He recalled that the TDP had always stood for ‘equal justice’ to both the States and hence would never compromise on Telangana’s interests. “After coming to power by whipping up passions, the TRS is now trying to ride on ‘water sentiment’ to keep the TDP at bay in 2019,” Mr. Prakash Reddy alleged. On the agreement inked recently with Maharashtra, Mr. Reddy ridiculed it as the retreat amounted to sacrificing the State’s interests.
While seconding the proposal, party general secretary Gollam Mallaiah Yadav and spokesperson Durga Prasad accused the TRS of resorting to spinning money in the name of ‘redesigning’ projects and blamed the government for its faltering steps on the Tummidi Hatti, Medigadda and Palamur- Ranga Reddy projects.
The TRS is trying
to ride on ‘water sentiment’ to keep the TDP at bay
in 2019
Revuri Prakash Reddy
