BRS wants govt. to boycott GRMB meet

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has faulted the Congress government for giving its acceptance to the agenda for the August 18 meeting of the Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) since it is against the river water rights and interests of Telangana.

Speaking to newspersons here on Saturday, BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao demanded that the government boycott the river board meeting for having an agenda only to protect the interests of Andhra Pradesh. He sought to know what the government would say at the meeting on behalf of Telangana people.

Mr. Rama Rao said the BRS would launch a major agitation on the scale of the Telangana movement if the State’s legitimate rights over river waters were compromised. He asserted that there was no priority greater than protecting Telangana’s water rights.