Overview

• The Assembly convenes with the P.C. Ghose Commission report slated for tabling and debate, with the government signaling a central focus on Kaleshwaram.
• The judicial commission held K. Chandrashekar Rao directly and vicariously responsible for lapses, and the state cabinet accepted the report on August 4.
• KCR and T. Harish Rao filed fresh interim pleas in the Telangana High Court to restrain any coercive action following tabling and discussion of the report, after an earlier bid for interim relief was declined.
• BRS legislators asked Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar to permit a detailed PowerPoint presentation defending the project and alleged selective leaks of the report.
• Citing widespread flooding and damaged infrastructure in multiple districts, the BRS urged the State Election Commission to defer the gram panchayat voter-roll revision scheduled through September 2.