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Who Is Afraid Of KCR: Babu or Jagan?

Who Is Afraid Of KCR: Babu or Jagan?

Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday witnessed a heated debate on an interesting issue: who is afraid of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao?

During the course of intense discussion on Pattiseema and Polavaram projects, Leader of Opposition and YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy lashed out at the Chandrababu Naidu government for compromising on the Krishna waters by taking up the Pattiseema project.

“The project which was taken up at a whopping cost of Rs 1600 crore does not have any storage capacity. If the Godavari water is taken to Krishna basin through Pattiseema project, it will bring down AP share of Krishna waters as Maharashtra, Karnataka and Telangana would raise objection as per the clauses of the tribunal award.

"Naidu is not able to prevent Telangana from taking up Palamuru lift scheme only because he has taken up Pattiseema project unauthorisedly on Godavari river.

"When Telangana Chief Minister had a meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister on various projects on Godavari river, Naidu remained silent but did not make an attempt to be part of the discussions. He is afraid of confronting KCR, simply because he is caught neck-deep in the cash-for-vote scam,” Jagan alleged.

Refuting the charges of Jagan, the AP Chief Minister said the Opposition leader had absolutely no knowledge of irrigation projects.

“Our government has proposed Pattiseema project only as per the Godavari tribunal award which entitled us to use surplus waters. This has nothing to do with Krishna river sharing. Jagan is speaking against the interests of the State. And why should I be afraid of KCR? In fact, Jagan has a lot of fear towards KCR, because he needs protection to his benami assets in Hyderabad,” Naidu retorted.

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