KCR to launch new mass movement to defend Telangana’s water rights

BRS president and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has announced a fierce offensive to safeguard Telangana’s water rights through a fresh people’s movement against the triple betrayal by the Congress government in the State, the BUP-led Centre and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

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Tearing into the Congress government in Telangana for failing miserably to respond to Chandrababu Naidu’s conspiracies on Krishna and Godavari waters, Chandrashekhar Rao announced a massive people’s movement, as part of which he would address public meetings across Mahabubnagar, Rangareddy and Nalgonda districts, mobilising farmers, civic groups, poets and cultural activists. An action plan will be announced in a couple of days after consultations with all like-minded forces.

Addressing a press conference after a three-hour marathon joint meeting of the BRS Legislature Party and the party State executive committee at Telangana Bhavan on Sunday, Chandrashekhar Rao said silence was no longer an option.

“I remained quiet for two years. But what is happening now threatens the very interests of Telangana and the purpose of achieving Statehood. From today, the fight begins,” he declared, announcing a Statewide movement centred on water injustice, particularly in the drought-prone Palamuru region.