Tadepalli, Aug. 28 -- Andhra Pradesh Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) SC Cell president and former MLA TJR Sudhakar Babu on Friday said Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is "trying to hijack the credit" for the Poola Subbaiah Veligonda Project by projecting the historic work done under YS Rajasekhara Reddy and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as his own.

Speaking at the YSRCP Central Office, he said Veligonda was designed to provide irrigation to 4.47 lakh acres and drinking water to 15.25 lakh people across 30 mandals in Prakasam, Nellore and YSR Kadapa districts.

Sudhakar Babu said Chandrababu laid the foundation stone on March 5, 1996, but did practically nothing thereafter till 2004.

"It was YSR who revived the project under Jala...