25 BRS MLAs To Join Congress Soon: Uttam Kumar Reddy

Minister for Irrigation Uttam Kumar Reddy today made sensational remarks claiming that 25 BRS MLAs were going to join Congress soon.

Speaking at a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan, Reddy along with ministers Jupally Krishna Rao and Ponnam Prabhakar said that the BRS, which once had 104 MLAs, fell to 39 due to its president K Chandrashekar Rao's arrogance.

"Because of KCR's behavior, the BRS has suffered a terrible defeat in the recent Assembly elections, and it will completely disappear in Telangana after the Lok Sabha elections," Reddy said.

He also slammed KCR for speaking "blatant lies" against the State government, and said that KCR didn't have any right to speak about irrigation as he had destroyed the entire irrigation sector during the last ten years.

"The former CM constructed the Kaleshwaram project only for the commissions and benefits from contractors," Reddy said. "He should be ashamed of wasting over Rs 95,000 crore of public money and still ruining Telangana's farmers. He is solely responsible for the present drought conditions in Telangana, and is shamelessly attempting to defame the Congress government to cover up his mistakes."

"The Congress government was formed in December 2023, when the rainy season had already passed. It has inherited drought conditions due to mismanagement by the previous BRS regime. Despite adverse conditions, we are striving to provide 24-hour power supply to all sectors and properly regulate the drinking water supply. The government is endeavouring to maximize agricultural output from the available water," he added.

The minister also criticised KCR for "lacking the courage" to participate in the Assembly sessions, and ridiculed KCR's threat to launch an agitation near the Medigadda barrage.