Telangana Congress president A. Revanth Reddy accused Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao of being insensitive towards lakhs of the flood-affected people discussing politics with politicians of other States when he had to focus on the plight of farmers who lost crops in the flood and the unending agony of the people caught in the floods.
Mr. Reddy said it was unfortunate that an insensitive Chief Minister was heading the State during such calamity who instead of speaking to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and seeking financial help was busy politicking. He demanded that Prime Minister should immediately announce relief of ₹2,000 crore and Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy and BJP State chief Bandi Sanjay should convince the Centre for the relief.
Claiming that deficiencies in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project were exposed by the floods and also reflected the corruption involved in it. The submerged pumps of the project show what kind of planning went into it, he said and also criticised the Irrigation advisor Penta Reddy brushing aside criticism and claiming that the submergence of pump houses was a normal incident.
