‘Politics over state interests’: BRS walks out after CM Revanth Reddy targets former CM K Chandrashekar Rao on water sharing

HYDERABAD: BRS staged a walkout from the all-party meeting convened to discuss about the Godavari-Banakacherla project, following remarks made by chief minister A Revanth Reddy.Representing the BRS, Rajya Sabha MP Vaddiraju Ravichandra attended the meeting. Citing the earlier apex council meetings on water sharing, CM Revanth Reddy stated that former CM K Chandrashekar Rao and then irrigation minister T Harish Rao had mentioned that nearly 3,000 tmc ft of Godavari water was flowing into the sea, which formed the basis for the Banakacherla project.The CM added that Telangana had, on several occasions, indicated it had no objection to supplying water to the droughtprone Rayalaseema region.Objecting strongly, MP Ravichandra clarified that KCR’s reference was specifically about a proposal to link the Godavari with Nagarjunasagar and Srisailam to benefit the erstwhile Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar districts, and not about any project for Rayalaseema. He accused the CM of politicising the issue and walked out of the meeting, alleging that the govt was prioritising politics over the state’s interests.