Hyderabad, March 31 (RAHNUMA): Former BRS Minister Niranjan Reddy on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, alleging that he was “paying Guru Dakshina” to his mentor, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, by diverting Telangana’s water resources to AP state.
Addressing a press conference at Telangana Bhavan here, Niranjan Reddy accused the Congress government of perpetuating injustice in the irrigation sector, claiming that similar policies had historically harmed Telangana’s interests. He recalled that the statehood movement, led by K. Chandrashekar Rao, was rooted in resisting such disparities. He alleged that Andhra Pradesh was violating norms governing Krishna River water sharing under the interim agreement, while the Telangana government remained a “mute spectator”. The BRS leader said that Andhra Pradesh had drawn excessive water over the past two years, while Telangana’s utilization remained minimal.
Questioning the state’s inaction, the BRS leader asked why no demand had been made to convene a meeting of the Apex Council, and criticized the delay in operating lift irrigation pumps despite high flood levels in the Krishna River this year. He further alleged that Andhra Pradesh was carrying out inter-basin water transfers to projects such as Handri Neeva, Galeru-Nagari and the Penna Basin, and was now attempting to divert Godavari River waters into the Krishna basin via Banakacherla.
Highlighting the impact on farmers, the former minister said crops in Nalgonda and Palamuru districts were at a crucial stage, but lack of irrigation threatened to destroy their hard-earned produce.
He also criticized Union Ministers G. Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay Kumar for ‘remaining silent’, questioning why they had not intervened despite the Krishna River Management Board falling under the Centre’s purview.
In a sharp remark, he asked whether CM Revanth was “running a government or a circus”, accusing the administration of failing both to utilize available water and to prevent its alleged diversion.
