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The BJP has demanded a thorough probe into the functioning of Singareni Collieries implicit the past 12 years — covering some the BRS government’s tenure and the existent Congress authorities — to uncover alleged corrupt deals. The enactment sought an enquiry either by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), the CBI oregon the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao alleged that portion the BRS authorities ran the institution ‘like a idiosyncratic fiefdom’, Ministers successful the contiguous Congress authorities were present ‘wrangling among themselves for ember contracts’.
Speaking to the media successful New Delhi, the erstwhile MLC said the radical of Telangana deserved clarity connected the abrupt cancellation of the Naini ember declaration of Singareni Collieries. “How was the declaration awarded successful the archetypal place, and wherefore was it cancelled? Were the Supreme Court guidelines followed? What benignant of shady deals were progressive should travel out,” helium said.
Ever since the Congress came to power, those successful authorization appeared funny lone successful ‘commissions’, seeking to grant contracts and ember blocks to their ‘kith and kin’ portion ignoring administration, helium alleged.
Mr. Rao said erstwhile BRS Minister T. Harish Rao had ‘no motivation right’ to kick to Union Minister Kishan Reddy astir the existent imbroglio, claiming the erstwhile authorities was progressive successful ‘many scams’ that were wide known. “Both governments made the lives of SCCL workers miserable by denying promised payment benefits, misusing funds and delaying payments to the tune of ₹50,000 crore,” helium claimed.
He further alleged that portion the BRS authorities reduced the workforce from 75,000 to 42,000, the Congress authorities had brought the fig down further to 39,000. He cautioned against ‘playing with the lives of miners’, pointing retired that the portion has historically been a hotbed of revolutionary politics.
Neither the Centre nor Mr. Kishan Reddy tin intervene successful the abrupt cancellation of the Naini ember artifact contract, arsenic the State authorities holds 51% involvement successful Singareni Collieries, with Coal India owning the remaining 49%, giving the State afloat administrative control, helium said.
Mr. Rao besides alleged that cardinal investigative agencies were being ‘hamstrung’ by the Congress government’s selective permissions and restricted accusation sharing successful the probe into the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project scam. “What is the authorities doing astir the telephone tapping issue? Why did it instrumentality 2 years to telephone Mr. Harish Rao for investigation? Both parties are indulging successful shadiness boxing,” helium added.
