Irrigation projects in Telangana did not require the permission of Andhra Pradesh leaders, Telangana Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao said.
Talking to mediapersons in the Medak district on Sunday, Rao said that the Palamur - Ranga Reddy, Dindi and other projects had been launched during the united Andhra Pradesh days. The TRS government was only completing them, he remarked.
"To complete these old projects, we do not need the permission of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, APCC chief Raghuveera Reddy or YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy," Harish Rao fumed.
He expressed displeasure at the Andhra leaders for making a hue and cry only for political gains. "The Telangana TDP leaders in Mahanadu were seen clapping when their Andhra masters were talking against our State, and are talking shamelessly against the development of their own State and supporting the Chandrababu Naidu government blindly. However our people will stone them for coming in the way of our State's development," he said.
Reiterating that the Palamur and Kaleshwaram projects were started by the united Andhra Pradesh government before the bifurcation of the State, Rao sought to know whether Chandrababu Naidu took permissions for the Handrineeva, Potireddypadu and Pattiseema projects.
"Just as the AP leaders talk about their interests, we will safeguard ours, and draw our rightful share of waters from projects and rivers," the minister said.
He also charged Naidu with making deliberate attempts to stall the works related to raising the height of the RDS though the works had all permissions.
"Our people will teach them a lesson for obstructing the works of our irrigation projects," he warned.