YSR Congress MP from Khammam Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and Pinapaka YSRCP MLA Payam Venkateshwarlu on Wednesday joined the ruling TRS in the presence of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao in Hyderabad.
KCR offered the TRS' trademark pink "kanduva" to Ponguleti and Payam, and welcomed them to the Party. Several local bodies' representatives from the Khammam district also joined the TRS on the occasion. Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari, ministers Nayani Narasimha Reddy and Thummala Nageswara Rao, and Khammam district TRS leaders were present.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister reiterated that the games of his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu and AP Leader of Opposition Y S Jaganmohan Reddy would not be tolerated any more in the Telangana region, and that he would do anything for the rights of the people of Telangana.
He added that it was not proper for Jagan to take up a fast against the proposed Telangana projects, and that his Opposition to the projects was the reason that Ponguleti and Payam had joined the TRS.
He also condemned the resolution of the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet to move the Supreme Court against the projects.
He said that Naidu and Jagan didn't know how to utilize the Godavari and Krishna waters better, and that he was ready to give suggestions on using water. The two leader were creating differences between the people of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with malevolent motives, he alleged, and warned AP's politicians that they would suffer badly if they dared to provoke the silent "bebbuli".
Pointing out that a GO had been issued officially in the past saying that the Telangana had the right to use 368 TMCFT of Krishna waters and 950 TMCFT of Godavari waters, KCR said that he was constructing projects as per the GO. He said that there would be excess water in the Godavari river even after the usage of the water by Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. He said that the issue was discussed for one hour with Chandrababu Naidu when he had visited Amaravathi.
He opined that Naidu and Jagan needed to stop hatching conspiracies if they really wanted water for Andhra Pradesh, since he had expressly stated that he was ready to cooperate with Andhra Pradesh.
"Both leaders have no interest in the Andhra people's welfare," he alleged.