Furore over Naidu’s letter to Krishna Tribunal

Party cadres set fire to AP Chief Minister’s effigy and destroy TDP flag posts. TRS MP K Srihari, MLA A Ramesh, district president T Ravinder Rao and others said the Telangana TDP leaders should prevail over Andhra Pradesh government and secure 1,000 MW power to farmers here.

TRS activists burning the effigy of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu protesting against his letter to the Krishna Tribunal, in Nizamabad on Tuesday. Photo: K.V. Ramana

The TRS leaders asked the TDP MLAs to clarify if they agreed to the proposal of their party leader and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu to stop generating power at Srisailam to save water for Andhra and Rayalaseema in next season.

The TDP leaders of Telangana should tell people if they agreed to Mr. Naidu writing a letter to Krishna Tribunal asking it to direct Telangana government to stop generating power at Srisailam.

TRS MP K Srihari, MLA A Ramesh, district president T Ravinder Rao and others said the Telangana TDP leaders should prevail over Andhra Pradesh government and secure 1,000 MW power to farmers here. “If TDP leaders have commitment, they should bring power influencing Mr Naidu,” they said.

The AP government was not giving the due 54 per cent power generated from Krishnapatnam and Lower Sileru and as a result there was severe shortage of power in Telangana. Mr Naidu was deliberately reducing power generation in Andhra only to trouble the TRS government here. The TRS leaders said they were ready to save water and give the same to Andhra and Rayalaseema provided the Andhra government gives 1,000 MW of power now to protect the standing crops and save the lives of farmers.

Effigy burnt in Nizamabad

Nizamabad Special Correspondent adds: The TRS activists set fire to the effigy of Chandrababu Naidu for his alleged letter to the Krishna River Authority requesting it to ask the Telangana Government to stop generating hydel power at the Srisailam Power Project.

Speaking on the occasion, the district president E. Ganga Reddy alleged that Mr. Naidu did not stop his plots to loot Telangana share of water from Srisailam and other projects while denying share to it in the power being generated in the Krishnapatnam project. He said the AP Chief Minister had written the letter with a malafide intention of reserving the water for the third crop in his State.

The TRS leaders demanded Mr. Naidu withdraw the letter written to the Krishna River Authority. Mayor Akula Lalitha and the party minority cell president Tariq Ansari and others took part.

Widespread protests in Karimnagar

Karimnagar Special Correspondent adds: The TRS activists have resorted to widespread protests on the issue. Alleging that Mr. Chandrababu Naidu was responsible for power woes in Telangana State, the TRS rank and file had set fire to the effigies belonging to AP Chief Minister in various parts of Karimnagar district on Tuesday. In Metpally the TRS leaders have destroyed the flag posts of TDP.

In Karimnagar the TRS leaders set fire to the effigy of Mr Naidu alleging that the AP Chief Minister violated the AP Reorganisation Bill which had allocated 54 per cent share of power to the Telangana State. Similarly, Choppadandi legislator B Shoba participated in the programme in Gangadhara mandal.

At a press conference, Karimnagar MP B Vinod Kumar, ZP chairperson Tula Uma flayed the AP Chief Minister for snatching away the allocated share of power to Telangana State. They alleged that the Andhra rulers had set up more power stations in Seemandhra in united AP state neglecting the Telangana region which was having abundant coal reserves.