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KTR criticizes Congress Govt, calls for BRS mobilization in Warangal meeting

Hyderabad, Mar 20 (UNI) BRS Working President K T Rama Rao (KTR) lashed out at the Congress government, blaming it for Telangana's ongoing agricultural crisis.
Speaking at a BRS workers' meeting in Suryapet on Thursday, KTR claimed that the reason for the state's drying crops was not natural drought but a "drought brought about by the Congress."
Criticising the Congress-led government's handling of irrigation issues, KTR expressed disappointment that despite the presence of the state's Water Minister (Uttam Kumar Reddy)
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