Hyderabad: Former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will launch a public meeting at Nalgonda on February 13. He wants take a movement to protect Telangana’s rights over Krishna river water.

KCR received a warm welcome by the party leaders on his first visit after three months. KCR had discussions with party leaders at Telangana Bhavan.

KCR has worked out a strategy to corner Congress Government over handing management of Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar irrigation projects to the KRMB.

The decision of the new Government to hand over management to the KRMB would damage the State’s interests, he said. Even permission to maintain the reservoirs will have to be taken from the KRMB, he added. He also said that the struggle for Telangana is not new for BRS and asked the party leaders to gear for another movement to protect the State’s interests.

He alleged that with its ill-advised approach the Congress Government was jeopardizing the State’s rights over irrigation and drinking water.

KCR denied the allegations made by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on KRMB and he claimed that BRS government did not agree to surrender the projects. He asked BRS leaders to organise the meeting involving people from Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar, and Khammam districts and explain the damage the Congress Government’s decision would cause to the State’s interests.