Congress MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy alleged that the sand mafia was continuing its activities in the Godavari river in Khammam district with the support of the ruling party leaders.
Speaking to the media on Sunday, Ponguleti said that the claim by the state government that there was no sand mafia in the state and that the government was getting more revenue from sand mining was false.
He alleged that the officials were distorting the Chief Minister's statement on the sand issue.
Talking about other "failings" of the TRS government, he also said that the Chief Minister was not in a position to see the school fee problems and the deaths of pregnant women and children.