Hyderabad, Jan. 1 -- Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday accused Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) of attempting to revive his party by deliberately stoking a water dispute between the two Telugu states.

Speaking to the media after Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy made a PowerPoint presentation titled Water-Truth at Praja Bhavan to brief public representatives, the Chief Minister said the Telangana movement itself was rooted in the struggle for rightful water shares.

He said undivided Andhra Pradesh was allocated 811 TMC of Krishna waters and, after bifurcation, Andhra Pradesh was to get 512 TMC while Telangana was allotted 299 TMC. Revanth Reddy alleged that...