Hyderabad, June 19 -- Strongly criticising Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy for accusing former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) of allowing the Andhra Pradesh government to proceed with the Polavaram-Banakacherla Link Project (PBLP), former irrigation minister T Harish Rao said Reddy's statements before the media on Wednesday, 18 June, were full of lies and ignorance.

Addressing the media at Telangana Bhavan on Thursday, 19 June, Harish Rao made scathing remarks against Revanth Reddy for stating that he would not object to the Andhra Pradesh government constructing projects if Telangana was given its rightful share of 1,000 TMC of water in the Godavari river and 500 TMC in the Krishna river.

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