India, June 18 -- In a strong show of unity cutting across party lines, the Telangana Government, under the leadership of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Irrigation Minister Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, on Wednesday launched a full-scale political, technical, and legal counter-offensive against the Andhra Pradesh Government's controversial Polavaram-Banakacherla Link Project (PBLP).
Chairing an all-party meeting attended by MPs from Congress, BJP, BRS, and AIMIM, the Chief Minister declared that Telangana would not allow its rightful share of the Godavari and Krishna waters to be diverted. "Politics can wait. Farmers' rights come first," Revanth Reddy said, urging all parties to stand together in defense of Telangana's water interest...