Koppal, June 25 -- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership while addressing a gathering during the inauguration of the newly installed crest gates at the Tungabhadra Dam in Munirabad, Koppal district.

Sharing the stage with Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, Naidu expressed confidence that the long-pending dream of interlinking rivers could be realised under Modi's leadership.

Beginning his speech in Kannada by greeting farmers, Naidu said he would have spoken more extensively had he been fluent in the language. Paying tributes to the Tungabhadra River, he recalled the popular saying "Tunga Panam, Ganga Snanam...