Govt. Srinivas Goud claims that the victimization of attacks on BRS

Former minister V. Srinivas Goud spoke to reporters in Hyderabad on Friday.

HYDERABAD

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has accused the Congress government of discriminating against the farming community by denying water available in the Godavari River in Medigadda to serve its political interests and of vendetta against the BRS even though El Nino conditions have adversely affected kharif cultivation.

Farmers were forced to buy water supplied through tankers to protect their paddy nurseries, while other major crops like cotton either withered or dried up in various parts – as 30 out of 33 districts recorded deficient to major deficient rainfall this season, former minister V Srinivas Goud told a press conference here on Friday.

Neighboring states like Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh used the available water in the Krishna and Godavari rivers to protect farmers’ interests, while the Telangana government politicized farmers’ woes in the name of showing BRS in a bad light.

He reiterated the view of BRS that water could be drawn back from Kannepalli pumping station without closing the gates of Medigadda barrage and diverted to Mid Manair, Lower Manair, Mallannasagar, Kondapochammasagar, Sriramsagar, Nizamsagar and other projects to provide irrigation water to farmers in ayacut.

Published – 17 Jul 2026 20:59 IST