Harish Rao offers talks with Naidu over contentious issues

Telangana Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao on Thursday offered to conduct talks with the Andhra Pradesh Government to sort out contentious issues among the two States.

Speaking to media persons at Secretariat Media Point here, Harish Rao made it clear that the Telangana Government was not against Andhra Pradesh and therefore, all contentious issues including power, irrigation and water could be sorted by mutual talks. However, he accused Naidu of trying to create a villainous image of TRS Government through provocative statements and actions. He alleged Naidu was jealous of the fact that the TRS Government was fulfilling the promises it made with the people of Telangana.

Harish Rao said that Naidu's statements were aimed at wooing investments in Andhra Pradesh. However, he said Naidu was wrongly targeting the Telangana Government to achieve his goals. He also accused him of cheating the people of Andhra Pradesh over the issue of merger of seven mandals of Khammam district due to Polavaram Project.