Hyderabad, March 18 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Wednesday said that the party was not opposed to the rejuvenation of the Musi River, but strongly opposes the massive Rs 1.5 lakh crore "financial scam" being carried out in the name of the Musi project.

Registering a strong protest against the government's approach to this issue, he announced a walkout from the assembly today.

During the assembly session, KTR, along with BRS MLAs, strongly questioned the government on several critical aspects related to the Musi project. According to a press release, key concerns raised included the preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR), large-scale demolition of houses, land acquisition, escalation of...