Hyderabad: Welcoming the Telangana high court’s verdict on the one-man PC Ghose Commission, which probed alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project, BRS leaders termed it as a slap on the Congress govt’s ‘malicious campaign’ against BRS leaders. They said the govt should stop misleading the people with propaganda against the BRS and immediately repair the Medigadda barrage. In separate statements, senior BRS leaders T Harish Rao, KT Rama Rao and B Vinod Kumar said the state govt and commission did not follow the principles of natural justice while probing the issue.“Chief minister A Revanth Reddy must, even now, stop petty politics and immediately repair the two sunken pillars and provide irrigation water to the farming community. The govt has already wasted two and a half years of valuable time. Medigadda is one of the 100 components of the Kaleshwaram project. The Congress govt indulged in propaganda by repeatedly claiming that Rs 1 lakh crore was washed away,” Harish said.He added that while there are many platforms for doing politics, one must not pursue it at the cost of the state’s and farmers’ interests. “By spending Rs 100 or Rs 200 crore, there is an opportunity to provide irrigation water to another 2 to 3 lakh acres through Kaleshwaram, he said.Harish said politics should be based on governance and delivery, not revenge. “If the govt has confidence, it should focus on implementing better welfare schemes, fulfilling six guarantees, and delivering on promises made to the people, instead of targeting the opposition,” he said. He also stated that the NDSA report was only a technical engineering report and had nothing to do with executive decisions.The former minister said the BRS had consistently exposed the failures and alleged scams of the Congress govt in the assembly over the last two-and-a-half years. “Unable to answer us, they suspended us from the assembly. Within 48 hours of exposing corruption, they initiated two enquiries against me,” he alleged, demanding the govt address the problems of farmers and students.
