Ready For Open Debate

Hyderabad, October 24: Picking up the gauntlet YSR Congress has said that it is prepared for an open debate on irrigation sector and river water sharing in wake of the TDP minister’s remarks against YSR in the backdrop of his government’s failure in effectively presenting its case before the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal on the Krishna Waters sharing.

Speaking to reporters here on Monday party spokesperson Vasireddy Padma said: ‘ The state has failed miserably in effectively presenting its case before the Tribunal and when the verdict has gone against the state interests, the irrigation minister has started blaming YSR for a letter which he was supposed to have given only to divert the attention from its failure. 

We have conclusive evidence to prove that Chandrababu Naidu has ignored the irrigation sector and allowed upper riparian states to take advantage while he was the chief minister in 1990s and till 2004 while he was chief minister for nine years and was a coalition partner. 

During HD Deve Gowda period, he had allowed Karnataka to build projects and draw more water and was a mute witness but did not gear up to build a single project. Be it Bachchawat Tribunal or Brijesh Kumar Tribunal TDP government failed miserably in putting forward the case of Andhra Pradesh for getting its due share of water. 

The same trend has been continuing and being a coalition partner of NDA, Chandrababu Naidu has kept silent and did not argue effectively to protect the interest of the state in Krishna water sharing issue. Irrigation minister’s remarks on YSR stands no ground as the then Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy himself went on record that YSR was at no fault, she said. 

The Ordinance on legalizing the Swiss Challenge was brought in a hurry as the court has raised certain questions and state wanted to cover up its deviation from the procedural lapses, she said.