CM to lead all party delegation on Krishna Tribunal

Hyderabad, Dec 10 (INN): Leaders of all Political Parties who met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy unanimously resolved to fight simultaneously politically and legally to protect the rights of Andhra Pradesh on the decision of the Brajesh Kumar Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II.

The Chief Minister is also likely to lead an all Party delegation to the Government of India to protect the overall interests of Andhra Pradesh. The Chief Minister said that after discussing all the issues raised and suggestions made by the leaders of the political parties with the experts and legal authorities, an all party meeting will again be convened to give a final shape to the fresh SLP.

The Chief Minister today had a four-hour long meeting with the leaders of all political parties, Ministers and higher officials on Brajesh Kumar report at Secretariat.

Major Irrigation Minister P Sudarshan Reddy, Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayan Reddy, School Education Minister Parathasarathy, M. Kodanada Reddy and M Budha Prasad (Congress), Kodela Sivaprasad and R Chandrasekhara Reddy (TDP), Vidyasagar Rao and Vinod Kumar (TRS), Konathala Ramakrishna and Sobha Nagi Reddy (YSRCP), K Narayana, G.Mallesh and Ramakrishna (CPI), B.V.Raghavulu, J.Ranga Reddy and S. Malla Reddy (CPM), N Janardhan Reddy and Seshagiri Rao (BJP), Jaya Prakash Narayana (Lok Satta) and Syed Aminul Hasan Jafri (MIM), Advocate General Sudarshan Reddy, Principal Secretaries (Irrigation) B Arvind Reddy and Adityanath Das and other officials participated in the meeting.

The Chief Minister reiterated the overall interest of the State will be protected and said we will fight for water for all the projects including that of Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda and Rayalaseema districts. Leaders of each political party spoke at length and made suggestions on how to go about the SLP.

Kiran Kumar Reddy in his opening remarks said that two all party meetings were held under his chairmanship on 15th February and 22nd March, 2011 and discussions were held on KWDT-II decision dated 30.12.2010 and it was decided to file on SLP before the Supreme Court and to seek clarifications before the Tribunal.

Interfering in the discussions of the meeting, the Chief Minister categorically stated that the Government will protect every right for the River waters pending to the State and there is no second thought on it. The suggestions from farmers associations are already sought and the advices of technical experts are also being taken, the Chief Minister added.

Kiran Kumar Reddy also said that lot of injustice were done to our State in the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal decision. Waters were allocated by showing reason that Almatti Dam is already constructed, but at the same time, the Tribunal did not allocate any water for the projects constructed and completed by Andhra Pradesh Government.