BRS wants the CM, the Irrigation Minister, to protect Telangana’s water rights interests in Delhi

HYDERABAD

Ahead of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s visit to New Delhi and his plan to meet the Prime Minister and other key Union government officials on Sunday, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) warned the Congress government against any attempts to stop water rights from the Telangana Andhra Pradesh river and warned that the opposition party would not remain a mute spectator.

In a statement, BRS leader and former Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao said on Saturday that they would build another people’s movement if Mr. Revanth Reddy and Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy agreed to AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s plans to withdraw Godavari water as AP’s Krishna mining was completed.

He wanted to know whether the Chief Minister and the Irrigation Minister would pressurize the Chief Minister on Telangana water rights or return without saying anything. “The state is being wronged on the water from both sides even though Telangana has legal claims,” ​​he said.

He said that Telangana is legally entitled to use 968 tmc ft of Godavari water and it is up to the Congress government to retain this right with a clear assurance from the Prime Minister that permission will be granted for any project associated with this entitlement.

Published – 14 Nov 2026 21:56 IST