The Congress and the BRS became embroiled in a major dispute in the past few days as both parties blamed each other for handing over the irrigation projects - Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar on Krishna River - to the Krishna River Board Management (KRMB).
Various civil society organizations, particularly student bodies, have been demanding the implementation of NRC in the state in the backdrop of an unchecked surge in the population of illegal immigrants in the state.
A major clash between Congress workers and the police broke out as the protestors marched towards Raj Bhawan. Several Congress workers suffered minor injuries in the scuffle.
Addressing a massive rally in Shimla on the occasion of the completion of eight years of BJP rule at the Centre, the prime minister alleged that previous Congress governments worked only with the intention of creating a vote bank which he said adversely affected the country.
