BRS Protests Against 'Trash Report' on Kaleshwaram Project

The BRS staged a walkout from the Telangana Assembly, alleging insufficient time to discuss Justice P C Ghose's report on the Kaleshwaram project. BRS leaders criticized the report, calling it biased and a political ploy by Congress and BJP. They symbolically discarded the report in protest.

The Telangana Assembly witnessed drama as the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) staged a walkout on Sunday, claiming they were denied adequate time to discuss the Justice (Retd) P C Ghose Commission report on the Kaleshwaram project. The report, examining alleged irregularities in the project's construction, was tabled in the Assembly.

The BRS working president K T Rama Rao and party leader T Harish Rao accused the ruling Congress government of muzzling the Opposition. They criticized the Ghose Commission's findings, describing the report as "neither impartial nor fair," implying it was a coordinated effort by Congress and BJP to undermine Telangana's pivotal irrigation initiative.

In a symbolic protest, BRS legislators disposed of the Commission's report into a trash bin, with Harish Rao dismissing it as mere "scrap paper." Allegations were made that the inquiry lacked proper procedures, adding to the tensions between the parties within the Assembly.

(With inputs from agencies.)