No question of Andhra losing Krishna river water rights: CM Chandrababu Naidu
Amaravati (PTI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has categorically said that there is no question of the state losing its rights on Krishna river water.
During a review meeting at the secretariat, the chief minister instructed officials to be assertive and strong in arguments before the tribunal adjudicating the river water share to protect the state's rights.
"Naidu made it clear that there is no question of losing AP's (Andhra Pradesh) rights on Krishna river water," said an official press release issued late on Wednesday.
According to the CM, 512 TMC water was apportioned to Andhra Pradesh and 299 TMC to Telangana, following the bifurcation of the united Andhra Pradesh state.
He called for this arrangement of water sharing to continue between the two Telugu states, adding that water security is important for all the districts and this natural resource in reservoirs should be used judiciously.
Meanwhile, officials informed the CM that 1,095 TMC water is available in all the reservoirs of the state by November 25 while ground water level in Rayalaseema region improved from 7.3 metres to nine metres. The chief minister directed officials to initiate measures to improve ground water levels, the press release added.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
