Lagadapati misleading Krishna Delta farmers, alleges TRS

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi has accused Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal of misleading the farmers of Krishan Delta by holding Telangana leaders responsible for the non-release of water from Nagarjuna Sagar Dam.

Talking to reporters at Assembly media point, TRS polit-bureau member B Vinod condemned Lagadapati's statement wherein he accused the TRS and Telangana leaders of halting release of water from Nagarjuna Sagar to the Krishna Delta. He said during the rule of Telugu Desam Party, GO Ms No 69 dated 15-06-1996 was released stating that water could not be released from the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam if the water level was below 834 feet. Similarly, on 28-09-2004 another GO Ms No 107 was issued raising the prescribed water level to 854 feet. He said the Telangana leaders approached the court based on these two GOs.

Vinod said that the TRS leaders did not raise any new demand and only insisted on the implementation of the earlier GOs. He said that by leveling baseless allegations against the TRS leaders, Lagadapati Rajagopal was trying to create enmity between the Telangana leaders and farmers from the Krishna Delta.

The TRS leader demanded that the Vijayawada MP should present the true picture before the farmers of Krishna Delta by revealing the details of GOs issued by the TDP and Congress governments.