Naidu hijacking YSRCP ideas: Ambati

 YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has criticised TDP leader N. Chandrababu Naidu for claiming credit for the Godavari-Banakacherla project, asserting that it was envisioned by the late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and pursued by his son, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Addressing the media, former minister Ambati Rambabu stated that Naidu’s claims, branding the project as a “game-changer,” were mere publicity stunts. He pointed out that Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy had initiated the Jalayagnam programme to expand irrigation coverage and started numerous projects, which were continued by Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to bring water to drought-prone areas.
Rambabu emphasised that the Godavari-Krishna interlinking project was an ambitious plan conceived by Jagan Mohan Reddy to irrigate barren lands and provide water to the arid Rayalaseema region. The project, designed in three phases, aims to prevent Godavari floodwaters from flowing into the sea by diverting them through Krishna and eventually to Banakacherla via the Bollapalli reservoir.
He alleged that Chandrababu Naidu was trying to hijack credit for the project, despite the Detailed Project Report (DPR) being submitted to the Centre by Jagan Mohan Reddy. “Naidu is known for privatisation, whether it is roads, medical colleges, or ports.
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