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Former Minister and elder Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader, T. Harish Rao, claimed that the State was witnessing “open sharing of commissions” successful Singareni tenders and said much “shocking revelations” would beryllium made soon.
Introduction of a ‘site sojourn certificate’ system, Mr. Rao alleged, was a “massive scam” successful Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) tenders. “Such a tract sojourn process does not beryllium anyplace successful the country, including Coal India and Western Coalfields, and was introduced lone aft the Revanth Reddy authorities assumed bureau successful 2024,” helium said astatine a property league successful Hyderabad.
Referring to the cancellation of tenders successful the Naini ember block, helium said Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka had justified the allegations and wanted to cognize wherefore tenders were not cancelled successful different ember blocks wherever akin conditions were placed.
According to him, aft the instauration of this system, six Singareni tenders were awarded astatine ‘plus 7 to positive 10%’ rates to favoured contractors. The BRS person said that successful ember mining tenders crossed the country, bids usually spell astatine minus 10% to minus 22%.
Demanding a probe, Mr. Rao challenged the Chief Minister to licence a CBI probe if helium had thing to fell and appealed to Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy to bid specified an inquiry. He besides said the BRS would attack courts implicit what helium termed the “Congress ember scam.”
He further alleged that tenders awarded during the BRS authorities done a competitory process were cancelled and reissued astatine higher rates to favoured contractors. Citing circumstantial instances, helium said tenders earlier finalised astatine minus 7% were reissued astatine positive 7%.
He besides alleged that the differences betwixt the Chief Minister, the Deputy Chief Minister and different elder curate had resulted successful IAS officers and journalists becoming “scapegoats”.
