Hyderabad, Sept. 1 -- BRS working president KT Rama Rao described the PC Ghosh Commission report on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project as a "trash report," accusing the Congress of conspiring with the BJP to permanently close down Telangana's lifeline project.

Speaking to reporters at Gun Park Martyrs' Memorial along with BRS legislators, KTR alleged that the ruling party had suppressed the Opposition's voice inside the Assembly. "Our members were not allowed to speak. Even when Harish Rao tried to raise valid points, the Chief Minister and Ministers shouted him down. The Speaker acted as though nothing was amiss," he said.

KTR maintained that Kaleshwaram, the world's largest lift irrigation scheme, is an "engineering marvel" and a...