Police lathi-charge farmers at Jurala; KTR criticizes govt. water denial

Police used force against farmers at Jurala amid a water dispute between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. K.T. Rama Rao, a senior BJP leader, criticized the government for denying water to the Jurala irrigation command area while Andhra Pradesh draws supplies for projects outside the basin.

Party leaders characterized the incident as a failure of governance. The dispute centers on water allocation and cross-state resource management between the two states.