Hyderabad: Govt whip Vemula Veeresham on Monday questioned the previous BRS govt’s contribution to Adilabad, stating that the Pranahita-Chevella project, if completed, could have provided gravity-based irrigation to nearly two lakh acres in the district.“Instead, the BRS govt had prioritised the Kaleshwaram project for financial gains, doing injustice to Adilabad farmers. The BRS had promised to bring one crore acres under irrigation but failed to deliver,” he alleged at a media conference.Veeresham accused BRS working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) of spreading misinformation during his visit to Adilabad and betraying farmers during the party’s 10-year rule.On the drought situation and El Niño, Veeresham challenged former chief minister K Chandrasekar Rao to attend the assembly session for a debate, stating that the Congress govt was prepared to discuss the issue.He questioned KCR’s silence as an opposition leader on the drought and accused the previous govt of leaving behind a debt burden of nearly ₹8 lakh crore.Veeresham claimed that the Congress govt had already spent ₹1.70 lakh crore for farmers’ welfare and was implementing several schemes beyond the Rythu Bandhu assistance provided during the BRS regime.Targeting KTR and senior BRS leader T Harish Rao, Veeresham accused them of constantly spreading allegations against the govt and said the BRS had lost public confidence and would not return to power in Telangana.He defended the chief minister’s visits to Delhi, stating that the Congress was a national party and that the chief minister had to travel to the national capital whenever required.
