TPCC Chief lauds govt over implementation of BC reservations
In his remarks, Goud questioned the relevance of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC Kavitha in the context of BC reservations. "What does Kavitha have to do with BC reservations? Why is she taking credit for what we have accomplished?" he asked, suggesting that the public finds her claims amusing. He further noted that Kavitha's assertions about the contributions of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) over the past decade are unfounded, emphasising that the agenda for BC reservations belongs to Rahul Gandhi and reflects the steadfast commitment of Revanth Reddy and the Congress party towards uplifting the BC community.
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Business Standard
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32 minutes ago
- India Today
Dam-ning report on Kaleshwaram puts KCR in Congress crosshairs
During the assembly election campaign in Telangana in 2023, the Congress went to town displaying a dummy ATM, calling it the 'Kaleshwaram ATM'. It was even programmed to give out fake currency notes to drive home the message that the money that had been allegedly "looted" by the then-ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) regime by undertaking the Kaleshwaram multi-irrigation project on the Godavari river, belonged to the people of charge has now attained official status, with the stamp of approval issued by the Justice PC Ghose Commission of Inquiry that was appointed to investigate allegations of 'negligence, irregularities and lacunae in the Planning, Designing and Construction' of the Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages of the Kaleshwaram project. The Commission that was also tasked with probing alleged financial irregularities, contract execution and operation and maintenance, has now submitted its report to the Telangana government and has severely indicted the entire decision-making process on Kaleshwaram. It has found rampant procedural and financial irregularities, lack of proper planning, design flaws, and construction Justice Ghose committee is not a wishy-washy mass of words. The former Supreme Court judge who was also Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High court, has not minced words and has directly held former chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, his then Irrigation minister and nephew T Harish Rao, his then Finance minister E Rajender, who is now with the BJP and senior IAS officers responsible for "disregard for established procedures, resulting in colossal waste of public money". Politically, the attempt is to discredit Kaleshwaram that the BRS is proud of trumpeting as one of its major achievements in its decade-long reign in Telangana. But the common man on the street is unlikely to worry too much about the unilateralism of the decision-making process and the fact that cabinet approvals were not taken before greenlighting certain key aspects of the project. This is because it was well known that there was only one decision maker in the BRS government under KCR and most cabinet ministers, barring those who belonged to the BRS first family, were mere yes men and will however, hurt the BRS is the allegation of corruption. The project initially conceived at Rs 38500 crores escalated to Rs 71436 crore in 2016 and later saw revised administrative approvals for Rs 1,10,248 crore by 2022. That is where the Anti-Corruption Bureau comes in. In April, the agency arrested B Hari Ram, the engineer-in-chief of the Kaleshwaram project and the Managing Director of the Kaleshwaram Irrigation Project Corporation, after it was found that he had amassed properties worth Rs 200 crore - a clear case of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Hari Ram along with other senior engineers, is mentioned in the Ghose report and singled out for "negligence, dishonesty and perjury". This case only gives ammunition to the Congress charge that many in the Kaleshwaram pipeline, starting from the top, made hay while the sun is interesting to note that when it comes to Kaleshwaram, both the Congress and the BJP speak in the same voice. Prime Minister Narendra Modi too had called the project "an ATM for KCR's family" and the Centre, despite several requests by the then BRS government, refused to grant it national does it mean for the politics of Telangana?The Kaleshwaram report comes at an inopportune time for the BRS, which is grappling with the fighting that has broken out within the first family and engulfed other senior leaders of the party. KCR's daughter Kavitha has raised the banner of revolt against the "coterie'' that surrounds the BRS supremo. The war of words got ugly with Kavitha choosing to body-shame former Power minister Jagdish Reddy, ridiculing him as "Lilliput'' an intemperate reference to his the BRS is likely to play the victim card, highlighting instead the agricultural land that got irrigated as a result of Kaleshwaram. It knows that while the Revanth Reddy government will order further investigation, the CM will think twice before proceeding legally against KCR, given the Andhra Pradesh experience. Jaganmohan Reddy's decision to arrest Chandrababu Naidu in the Skill Development scam case in 2023 led to an outpouring of sympathy for the septuagenarian leader, who spent 53 days in jail. It translated into a massive victory for the Telugu Desam-led NDA the following Congress will do is to play the Kaleshwaram card aggressively in the local body elections in both rural Telangana and in Hyderabad, hoping to generate voter traction. The report also provides the government with an opening to order a further probe into "malicious intent'' to "benefit and make unlawful gain'' and even recovery of Rs 677 lakh from officials responsible for the decision to ignore the report by a central government agency. The probes will keep Kaleshwaram in the public consciousness and force the BRS on the in the BJPInterestingly, the report will have its fallout in the BJP as well as it will gladden the hearts of the anti-Rajender camp in the saffron party. Rajender, who was passed over when the new president of the Telangana unit was appointed, and has been upset with the BJP leadership ever since, has been cited as having demonstrated "a lack of commitment and integrity in safeguarding the financial and economic health of the newly-formed state.''In the run-up to the 2023 polls, Revanth Reddy, in a bid to whip up political tempers, had repeatedly promised to send the KCR family to prison. Earlier this year, Kavitha was arrested in the Delhi liquor case and was released after five months in Tihar jail. Kaleshwaram will now be the next big challenge for the Kalvakuntla family.- Ends(Views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author)Must Watch
