Hyderabad, July 12 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Harish Rao on Sunday criticised Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over his remarks on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project issue, alleging that the Chief Minister's comments about "belt treatment" and "blood on crops" were inappropriate and demanded an unconditional apology.

Addressing a press conference here, Harish Rao accused Revanth Reddy of using "foul language" instead of addressing farmers' concerns over irrigation water.

"Yesterday, listening to the words spoken by the state Chief Minister, he seemed like a 'psycho'. His words are not becoming of a Chief Minister. When people ask for water to be released into their fields, lies and abuses are flowing from the Ch...