Hyderabad, June 21 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Sunday alleged that the Musi River project undertaken by the Congress government was causing large-scale destruction and displacement of poor and middle-class families.

According to an official statement released by the party, addressing a party workers' meeting in Rajendranagar constituency, KTR said that even Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, Tushar Gandhi, had opposed the demolition of homes in the name of the Musi project. Despite these objections, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy was continuing with plans to displace thousands of families for "commissions and financial gains," he alleged.

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