Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Tourism and Excise Minister Jupally Krishna Rao at a programme to provide new transformers to the electricity department in Kollapur on Saturday (August 2).
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Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka claimed that the ‘secret meeting’ between BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao and Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh was a conspiracy of the BRS to extend full support to the Banakacherla project. Mr. Vikramarka issued a stern warning over what he called a conspiracy by BRS, BJP and TDP to compromise Telangana’s interests in the name of the Banakacherla and Polavaram projects. He was speaking at a public meeting held in Kollapur constituency marking the launch of new electricity substations, the distribution of ration cards and allocation of Indiramma housing pattas.
He questioned why the BRS government remained silent on Banakacherla for a decade. “Only after Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy intervened in Delhi, was the proposal halted,” he said.
Referring to A.P. IT Minister Nara Lokesh’s comments that Telangana was wasting the flood water, he rebutted that flood water was available for A.P. only because Telangana’s upstream projects were never completed. “Only after securing our rightful needs will Telangana consider any discussion on Banakacherla,” he asserted.
Mr. Vikramarka criticised former CM KCR for discarding the Pranahita-Chevella project and instead opting for the Kaleshwaram project. “KCR spent ₹1.2 lakh crore on Kaleshwaram, which ultimately failed. Pranahita-Chevella could have been completed with just ₹38,000 crore,” he said, accusing BRS of redesigning projects merely to loot the treasury.
Tourism and Excise Minister Jupally Krishna Rao and Nagarkurnool MP Mallu Ravi were among present.
Published – August 02, 2025 08:37 PM is
