Leader of the Opposition and YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy charged AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu with trying to distort the facts about the letter sent by the secretary of Union Water Resources Ministry.

Addressing a massive public meeting at Pattikonda as part of his Praja Sankalpa Yatra, he said Chandrababu Naidu has wrongly accused the Central government of creating hurdles for Polavaram irrigation project in the state. Chandrababu Naidu has blamed the BJP-led Government for the delay in the release of special financial package announced last September. He said the Centre has stopped the State Government from calling for tenders for spillway and channel works of Polavaram.

YS Jagan said Chandrababu's utterances were highly misleading. He said the Centre has only said that Chandrababu Naidu has given just three weeks time for the bidding of global tenders, while the minimum time for global tenders is 45 days. Hence, the Centre has said that Chandrababu's actions are contrary to rules, he pointed out.

YS Jagan said though the tenders were issued on November 16, the details were not uploaded on the website till November 22. When the Centre pointed out the irregularities, ChandrababuNaidu is trying to mislead the people through misinformation.''

It may be recalled that Chandrababu was upset at the letter that water resources ministry official Dr Amarjeet Singh sent on November 27. He asked the Government to withhold fresh tenders for spillway and channel work construction of the project. The letter's tone indicated that the Centre was suspecting that there could be irregularities if the tenders for works worth Rs 1200 crore were called within short notice.