Congress leader and MLA A. Revanth Reddy has alleged the Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao has decided to review the cases pending with the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), including the vote-for-note issue, after A.P. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu parted ways with the BJP-led NDA government on the special category status. The sudden review of the cases is a clear indication of how the CM was influenced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the political angle was clear after Mr. Naidu called for the defeat of BJP in the Karnataka elections, he said at a press conference here on Tuesday.
“It looks like the Prime Minister is afraid of Mr. Naidu and Mr. Rao is afraid of me and Congress for exposing his and his family’s corruption through the Bus Yatra,” he said.
Mr. Revanth Reddy also wanted to know why the Chief Minister had withdrawn 125 cases with ACB in 2016 citing lack of evidence. Similarly, cases against the relatives of Mr. K. Chandrfasekhara Rao have been withdrawn, including those of Seshagiri Rao of NIMS and Sanjeeva Rao, police officer in Kukatpally, he alleged.
He said why was there no action against his son and IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao, whose was accused of advising a municipal chairperson to take 2% commission as claimed by the chairperson herself. Similarly, there are allegations in the construction of T Hub in Mr. KTR’s ministry. Several audiotapes of MLAs are doing rounds in the social media about the corrupt practices. Why is the government silent over them,” he asked.
