BJP Senior Leader Venkaiah Naidu alleged that the governmnet was not taking the Polavarm issue on a serious note. The BJP leader called upon MPs to mount pressure on centre to get national project status for Polavaram Irrigation Project.

"The MPs should rise above their political affiliation to get national project status for Polavaram project," he said. Venkaiah said that the BJP would hold a state wide meeting in Rajamundry on the 20th of this month.