Neither met Harish nor called up KCR: Eatala

BRS seeks more time to gain insights from what the duo would say

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

BRS president and former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has adopted a calibrated approach in response to the summons issued by the Commission of Inquiry on Kaleshwaram.

Initially scheduled to appear before the commission on June 5, the former chief minister has sought and obtained postponement of his deposition to June 11.

Party insiders revealed that the BRS supremo's decision to postpone his appearance is a strategic move to gain insights from the depositions of other key figures.

Specifically, KCR intends to see what former BRS minister Eatala Rajender, now a BJP MP, would say before the commission on June 6 when he is asked to appear. BRS leaders indicate that KCR plans to take a close look at Rajender's take on Medigadda barrage and the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project to come out with a watertight argument in defence of the project.

KCR will also use the inputs from the deposition of former BRS minister T Harish Rao who will be making his deposition on June 9.