BRS raising ‘Raghava crushing’ issues to pre-empt govt’s plans to highlight mining leases during BRS regime: Congress

With the Kotwalguda-Raghava crushers contented hogging the limelight, the authorities plans to antagonistic by exposing what it calls the blatant exemption to GO 111 by the BRS authorities to undermine the precise beingness of the duplicate reservoirs and its antagonistic interaction connected the environment.

The Congress Legislature Party is preparing a counter-offensive, believing that the BRS brought up the Kotwal Guda Raghava Crushers substance to pre-empt the vulnerability of alleged irregularities successful ‘diluting’ the GO 111. The CLP besides plans to resistance BRS moving president K.T. Rama Rao and Siddipet MLA T. Harish Rao ‘exposing’ the ‘illegal’ onshore issues successful their constituencies.

The authorities is besides considering placing earlier the Assembly details of mining leases granted crossed Rangareddy, Medchal, Sangareddy, Siddipet, erstwhile Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Khammam districts. Vigilance reports and punishment notices issued during that play are expected to beryllium highlighted.

Meanwhile, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy, who is successful Kerala campaigning for the enactment there, plans to respond some politically and legally. He is said to person told his colleagues that the BRS was attempting to resistance Raghava Constructions into contention lone for governmental reasons.

According to Congress sources, successful 2022–23, erstwhile the BRS was successful power, 100 acres of onshore astatine Budwel were auctioned done HMDA, which entrusted NCC Limited with the task of processing the layout for this 100-acre onshore parcel. During the layout development, unusable rocks that emerged from the tract were dumped by the institution astatine Kotwal Guda.

The discarded rocks lying determination were aboriginal crushed by Tirumala Metal Industries done HMDA. Raghava Construction purchased the crushed worldly from Tirumala Metal Industries for its roadworthy works.

Mr. Reddy seemingly clarified to his Cabinet colleagues that Raghava Constructions procured gravel from Tirumala Crushers aft outgo of applicable seigniorage cess. On December 18, 2025, Raghava Constructions reportedly paid ₹1.52 crore and ₹1.22 crore towards roadworthy works royalty to the Mining department.

He is said to person maintained that Raghava Constructions has nary nonstop oregon indirect operational nexus with Tirumala Crushers. The energy transportation and mineral dealership licence are some successful the sanction of Tirumala Crushers. He is understood to person asserted that helium has nary request to prosecute successful amerciable soil oregon gravel commercialized fixed his governmental and concern standing.