Nellore, Aug. 31 -- Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) has slammed the coalition government for making false claims over the Veligonda Project and said it was the YS family that worked for the project.

Speaking to the media here on Monday, former Minister Anil Kumar Yadav said that claims of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu that he laid the foundation stone and inaugurated the project are not true.

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy worked for the project even during the Covid pandemic, and it was Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy who carried out the major works, from digging tunnels to building the dam.

He said Chandrababu's claims over the project are mere falsehoods, as the work done during his tenure was ...