Hyderabad, Sept. 15 -- As farmers' protests intensified against the Congress government's decision to alter the Regional Ring Road (RRR) alignment, former health minister Harish Rao accused the chief minister A Revanth Reddy, of "playing games" with the project, calling it a "curse for the poor."

Rao met protesting farmers in Choutuppal of Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district and accused the Revaanth Reddy government of forcibly taking land and their rights.

"Revanth Reddy, is it your policy to keep changing your words? Is misleading the public the Congress style?" he questioned.

In August, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) issued a primary notification for the proposed alignment of the 100-meter-wide RRR within the Hyder...