Uttam: BRS failed miserably, Cong fought for TG's rightful share

DISMISSING the claims made by former minister T Harish Rao on Krishna waters, Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged that the state suffered heavily in river water sharing under the 10-year rule of BRS.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Hyderabad

In a statement issued here on Friday, Uttam said that the BRS leaders who rendered injustice to Telangana were claiming credit for the same now.

It was the Congress which fought for the rightful share of river waters, the Irrigation minister said and alleged that the BRS failed miserably in getting the fair share in river waters for Telangana. "The BRS government signed an agreement with the government of Andhra Pradesh in 2015 to use only 299 tmcft water in Krishna river and mortgaged the interests of the state," he said.

The agreement signed by the BRS rendered gross injustice to the state, the minister added.