Hyderabad, June 15 -- Escalating the political confrontation over urban infrastructure, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday launched a direct offensive against Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy, accusing him of intentionally blocking the expansion of the multi-crore Hyderabad Metro Phase 2 project.

Briefing media personnel at the State Secretariat, the Chief Minister alleged that the Union Minister is weaponising his position to withhold a critical low-interest loan sanctioned by the Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC). He further charged that Kishan Reddy is operating under the political influence of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) to deliberately delay the capital city's development...