Hyderabad, Feb. 20 -- Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy accused BRS leaders of spreading falsehoods to defame the Congress government, calling his allegations a desperate attempt to mislead the public. He also blamed the previous BRS government for failing to protect Telangana's water rights and causing massive financial and structural damage to the irrigation sector.
Addressing a press conference at Jala Soudha on Thursday, along with Ministers Komatireddy Venkatreddy and Ponnam Prabhakar, Uttam Kumar Reddy ridiculed BRS leaders' criticism of the Congress government. He said, "BRS leaders are repeatedly lying to cover up the failures of the BRS regime. The irrigation sector under BRS was riddled with scam...