“Kaleshwaram project is KCR’s ATM,” says Rahul Gandhi at Mahila Sadassu in Telangana

Jayashankar Bhupalpally (Telangana) [India], November 2 (ANI): Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekar Rao of “looting” people of Telangana adding that KCR and his family are using the Kaleshwaram Project as their “personal ATM”.

Referring to the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme while addressing a ‘Mahila Sadassu’ in Ambatpally village in Telangana, Rahul Gandhi said, “Rs 1 lakh crore was stolen from the people of Telangana here. Nobody here benefitted from it. Our workers are right that the Kaleshwaram project is BRS’s ATM but change it to ‘Kaleshwaram is KCR’s ATM, it is his family’s ATM.”

Rahul Gandhi later visited the Meddigadda barrage, a part of the Kaleswaram project where a few pillars of the barrage are reportedly sinking.

“I visited the Medigadda barrage, which is a part of the corruption-ridden Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme in Telangana. Cracks have developed in multiple pillars because of shoddy construction with reports indicating that the pillars are sinking,” Rahul Gandhi said in a post after the visit.

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President Revanth Reddy, Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader Bhatti Vikramarka and other Congress leaders also accompanied the Congress MP during his visit to Meddigadda barrage.

Meanwhile, Congress workers staged a protest near the Meddigadda barrage amid Rahul Gandhi’s visit.

Heavy police have been deployed in the place and the police have blocked the area to prevent public entry.

Telangana is set to witness an intriguing triangular contest between the BRS, Congress and BJP.

In the previous Assembly elections in 2018, the BRS won 88 of the 119 seats, hogging 47.4 per cent of the total vote share. The Congress finished a distant second with 19 seats and a vote share of 28.7 per cent.

Assembly elections in Telangana will be held on November 30 and counting of votes will take place on December 3.

The state is set to witness an intriguing triangular contest between the ruling BRS, Congress, and the BJP.

In the previous Assembly elections in 2018, the BRS won 88 of the 119 seats, hogging 47.4 per cent of the total vote share.

The Congress finished a distant second with 19 seats and a vote share of 28.7 per cent.