Hyderabad, Dec. 29 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Monday strongly criticised the Congress government for "wilfully neglecting" the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Project, alleging that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has stalled the project out of fear that its completion would bring credit to former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) and invite the "displeasure" of his former political mentor Chandrababu Naidu.

At the Assembly premises, KTR shared his views on a range of issues, including irrigation projects, debates in the Legislative Assembly, the proposed division of GHMC, alleged phone tapping, SIT investigations, and the Chief Minister's remarks about meeting KCR.

KTR said it was st...