Revanth plans strong counter to KCR

The Congress government is preparing for a high-voltage face-off with the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) after party chief and former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) launched a sharp offensive against the state government for its alleged neglect of the irrigation sector, particularly the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS).

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, at an informal but intense meeting with ministers on Monday evening 22 December, more or less decided to convene the State Assembly on December 29 to go on the counter-offensive against the BRS.

Congress is keen to arrest what it sees as early “green shoots” of a BRS revival following the recent gram panchayat elections, and the renewed, strident political pitch of KCR after nearly two years of relative silence.

The Assembly session is expected to turn into a political battlefield for at least two days, with the sharing of Krishna and Godavari river waters between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh taking the centre stage.