Harish Rao says site visit condition was for CHP plants in BRS rule

HYDERABAD

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA and erstwhile Minister T. Harish Rao alleged that Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has utilised his governmental acquisition to prevention Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy successful the Singareni overburden tenders ‘scam’ and the latter’s efforts to assistance his comparative to get the contracts.

At a property conference, helium said the selective mentioning of the contents successful the documents shown by Mr. Vikramarka astatine a property league was akin to the misleading statements of the Chief Minister successful and extracurricular the Assembly connected irrigation task aspects.

He alleged that Mr. Vikramarka had exhibited immoderate documents pertaining to the tract sojourn certification information successful tenders of assorted Central and State nationalist assemblage undertakings, different States and acquisition institutions of the Ministry of Defence and Education. However, helium had not work retired the portions specifying the purposes for which the information was specified, and surely it was not for overburden removal successful mines, helium noted.

Reacting to Mr. Vikramarka’s allegation that tract sojourn certification information was introduced erstwhile the BRS was successful powerfulness successful 2018 itself, Mr. Harish Rao said it was introduced lone for ember handling plants (CHPs) and not for the overburden removal works. The Deputy CM was besides soundless connected the star powerfulness tenders successful Singareni, helium noted.

Further Mr. Harish Rao explained that the diesel outgo information was lone specified for Naini tenders since Singareni had nary web there. Even the OB tenders called successful January 2025 the contracts awarded for lesser rates than the estimates prepared by Singareni. But, from May 2025 they were going for higher rates owed to the tract sojourn condition, causing nonaccomplishment to Singareni. He questioned wherefore the terms bid opening was postponed 7 times for Srirampur OB tenders.

Mr. Harish Rao insisted connected CBI enquiry arsenic the enquiry by the State authorities bureau would not assistance since the accused is the State government. He said the ember allegations had ignited the process to extremity the Congress regularisation successful Telangana.