Hyderabad, April 7 -- Congress leader and ex-corporator D Rajashekhar Reddy on Tuesday, April 7, alleged that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T Harish Rao has been spreading lies in Koheda regarding the fruit market.

Reddy said that in 2012, a Government Order (GO) was issued regarding the relocation of the market, during which 170 acre of land were acquired and handed over to the market committee. "It was during the tenure of YS Rajasekhara Reddy that the idea to relocate the market to Koheda was first conceived," he added.

The Congress leader said that the plan was formulated with the specific intention that locating the market beyond the Hyderabad Outer Ring Road would serve as an advantage for farmers.

He asked Rao why the BRS did...