Hyderabad, Aug. 17 -- Referring to the Polavaram project, BRS Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Saturday slammed leaders of the Congress and BJP for what he described as their "double standards" on irrigation projects in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Referring to the cracks that appeared in two piers of the Medigadda barrage under the Kaleshwaram project, KTR said the opposition parties had been quick to term the development a "collapse." In contrast, he pointed to the recent breach of the Polavaram cofferdam and questioned why national leaders had not shown the same level of outrage.

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