As the working president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, K.T. Rama Rao believes that AMRUT should be handed over to the Prime Minister of India so that irregularities in the awarding of contracts are dealt with and corruption is addressed. Rama Rao has claimed that the State of Telangana has witnessed corruption in tender allocation processes and thus demand for an investigation and taking ownership of the process.
So at a press conference in the BRS (Bharat Rashtra Samithi) headquarters on Tuesday KTR said that one of the complaints about these irregularities was made in writing to Union Urban Development Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Apparently there is evidence to suggest that the AMRUT project tenders have also been abused by the authorities in the State of Telangana and immediate intervention of the Prime Minister is therefore required.
Modi’s accusation against Congress for its activities in Telangana In a recent event, the prime minister made the remarks, scolding the Congress party for what he termed as lieu of Congress if I may say what has Telangana become an attacking sloganator of BJP while appearing for elections in Maharashtra. KTR supplied vocational evidence allegedly accusing Congress for corrupting the implementation of central welfare and called for action against the Chief Minister of Telangana Revanth Reddy for being in “Office of Profit” violation.
He would also add that some of the contracts meant for MNCs and Large companies were given out to some firms that were supposedly linked to the relatives of the Chief Minister. KTR: Former Minister for Irrigation, Telangana Demand to Cancel and AMRUT Tenders Any other AMRUT tenders estimated at around ₹8888 crores should I think be annulled in view of these allegations that have been made up ahead , KTR asserted He indicated to a certain firm Sodha Constructions which excitedly shared with him the fact that it had won huge contracts over other companies that had qualified like Indian Hume Pipe Ltd for other projects which apparently are not materially different from AMRUT. As per KTR, such purported preferential treatment exposes the presence of a well-entrenched practice of patronage and corruption in the award of contracts in the State of Iowa.
KTR’s query why this information was missing in the case documents is that the Telangana’s state machinery was witnessed systematically to withhold information in respect of these tenders, placing the rage towards the government for the inability to provide the same. He has claimed that there are rampant corruption and cover ups attorney the orders of the Congress – BJP combine which has stood in the way of looking into these deals.
Congress Misuses Funds During elections in Maharashtra
Telangana’s KTR alsocybered Revanth Reddy’s Congress led government for diverting 300 crores for sponsoring election advertisement campaigns in Maharashtra using Telangana’s Funds has stated KTR. Again he posed the question how was this state able to do this when money for the development of Telangana and benefits that were promised were unavailable.
Accusations on Land Acquisition for Self Isolation
KTR has also publicly accused Chief Minister Reddy of using his position for self benefit by accusing Reddy of helping his relatives. He also said that because of this land of farmers were forcibly taken for the purpose of providing land of a pharmaceutical firm owned by the family of the Chief Minister. KTR pointed out that the police tortured these farmers and detained them for being uncouth and not agreeing with the acquisition. He has Panned the Chief Minister for adopting policies which go against local farmers contrary to his family’s policies.
Opposition’s Beefs With KTR’s Statements as Double Standards
As KTR was making statements about the control over tenders, Komatireddy Venkata Reddy, who is a minister in Telangana, in charge of Roads and Buildings, said about KTR’s remarks that ‘this is the most risible thing he has heard in his life.’ He reacted to KTR’s view by showing that, for example, tender allocations were made during the time when KTR was not yet in power and a lot of them were re-tendered during his rule. Venkata Reddy was also puzzled why earlier AMRUT project contracts were implemented if there was such a strong degree of suspicion that KTR himself gave awards to dubious firms and such claims indeed tarnished the substance of his counter-arguments.
Allegations of Dubious Dealings and Money Launderer
Venkata Reddy also reported that KTR is a money launderer asking why he is in possession of KTR’s money which was sent to overseas bank accounts, and that he is using shady consultants for public-private partnerships. He pointed out that these actions are evidence of the corruption of BRS, further, the BRS party which KTR belongs to over the years grew more brazen as demonstrated by KTR’s recent meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah intending to escape criminal ramifications for his financial treachery. Venkata Reddy explained that KTR’s dealings are in shambles as they have breached FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) and RBI (reserve bank of india) regulations yielding them a boat load of dirty money.
KTR’s Visit to Delhi and Demand for Accountability
Speaking of Delhi, KTR actively used his social media to ask federations against him after he completed a meeting with Union Minister Khattar and set the record straight that that his visit was only to investigate the alleged corrupt practices in the AMRUT scheme. KTR would not absolve himself or the CMO for the scandalous abuse of power, as in every instance, such undertakings should accompany itself with a detailed investigation as well as appropriate reversals of unlawful tender engagements.
AMRUT Tenders’s There’s a Corruption Scandal.
In his summary, KTR’s concern for the AMRUT scheme’s corruption scandal does not need any closing. He stressed the need to respect fairness in the tendering processes and protect the working of government business against abuse of resources by the central government. As part of He explained how the party strategies are to ensure that such malpractices are not normalised in the governance of Telangana: pointing out that these are efforts for the comprehensive fight against corruption and securing the democracy.
Simply put, KTR’s sense of direction to the Prime Minister highlights the existent uneasiness with the ongoing corruption schemes within the administration of Telangana manifested in the enforcement of AMRUT. These claims and counter claims bear testimony to the fraught political situation in Telangana but highlight the persistent issues of accountability and good governance that Kenya needs to address.
