Hyderabad, July 12 -- BRS leader Harish Rao launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Revanth Reddy during a press conference at Telangana Bhavan, accusing him of using inflammatory language against political opponents while neglecting the state's irrigation needs amid drought conditions.

Rao described the Chief Minister's recent media interaction as "disturbing and unbecoming of a constitutional office", alleging that it reflected "lies, abusive language and a disturbing mindset".

He said that instead of responding to farmers' demand for irrigation water, the Chief Minister spoke about "spilling the blood of political opponents" and "beating them with belts", remarks which, according to Harish Rao, were shocking coming from a sittin...