Hyderabad, Dec. 28 -- After nearly eight months, Bharat Rashtra Samithi president and former Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) is set to address a series of public rallies starting January's second week, a party insider said on Saturday.

KCR came to the Telangana Bhavan, the party headquarters on December 21 and announced that he would step into action to launch a state-wide agitation against the state government, particularly with regard to the neglect of irrigation projects in Telangana, including the much-awaited Palamuru-Ranga Reddy lift irrigation scheme on Krishna River.

On Friday night, KCR held a crucial meeting with senior party leaders at his Erravalli farmhouse in Siddipet district, where he provided strategi...