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Remarks by Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil connected the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) led to a heated speech successful the Rajya Sabha connected Thursday, with Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MP K.R. Suresh Reddy demanding an apology and removal of what helium termed ‘false and misleading’ comments from the House records.
The enactment erupted aft Patil reportedly remarked that astir ₹1 lakh crore spent connected the Kaleshwaram task had been ‘washed away’ during a treatment connected The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation(Amendment) Bill, 2026, successful Rajya Sabha, connected Thursday.
Objecting strongly, Mr. Suresh Reddy said the connection amounted to a ‘gross misrepresentation’ of facts.
“Kaleshwaram is the lifeline of Telangana. By making baseless allegations, the Minister is misleading Parliament and the radical of the country,” helium said, demanding an apology from the Minister. Defending the project, Mr. Suresh Reddy said Kaleshwaram includes respective barrages, reservoirs, thousands of kilometres of pipelines, aggregate tunnels and powerfulness substations.
Countering Suresh Reddy’s comments, Union Minister of Coal G. Kishan Reddy blamed the erstwhile BRS authorities for flaws successful the project, peculiarly astatine the Medigadda barrage. “The Medigadda barrage has go non-functional. This is not a governmental assertion but a information established by adept committees,” Mr. Kishan Reddy said, adding that nationalist wealth had been misused. He accused the BRS of treating the task similar an ATM.
Referring to promises made during the bifurcation of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Suresh Reddy besides alleged that Telangana had faced ‘continuous injustice’ since the enactment of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. He criticised the transportation of 7 mandal to Andhra Pradesh, stating that the determination was taken without consulting Telangana and demanded their restoration.
Mr. Suresh Reddy besides demanded nationalist task presumption for irrigation schemes successful Telangana and drew attraction to the scrapping of the Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) task for Hyderabad.
