KTR asks Amit Shah why no inquiry on his ‘Congress ATM’ comments

BRS Working President K.T. Rama Rao demanded to know why the BJP-led Centre has failed to order an investigation into the corruption allegations against the Congress government in Telangana.

In response to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s comments that Telangana had turned into a ATM for the Congress, he asked why is the BJP shying away from ordering an enquiry. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi had accused the Congress of running a ‘RR Tax’ scam in Telangana. “What is stopping the Centre from initiating a probe through the CBI or ED?”, he asked in a statement here.

Alleging a covert understanding between the BJP and Congress, he said the BJP was shielding Mr. Revanth Reddy because it cannot take on BRS alone.

He also took strong exception to what he described as an orchestrated campaign to defame the Kaleshwaram Project. A landmark irrigation initiative like Kaleshwaram is being targeted purely for political gain,” he said.

Mr KTR said that despite eight BJP MPs and two Union Ministers from Telangana, not a single project has been given national status. “No IIT, IIM, or central medical institute has been granted. This discrimination hasn’t gone unnoticed,” he said.