Pavani now blames some contractors

After making shock revelation about commissions being paid to elected representatives, Sircilla’s former municipal chairperson Samala Pavani on Sunday said that she was merely highlighting the complaints of councilors.

According to some reports, the elected representatives of local bodies feel that some contractors, especially those who are close to the ruling party, are not paying them commissions due to their proximity to higher-ups in the government.

Some contractors have blamed MPTCs, ZPTCs, MPPs and ward councilors for stalling works by demanding their cut in commissions.

A contractor accu-sed a local MPP of stopping the road construction work as he did not pay him commission for doing works in his area. It was, however, proved that the contractor himself stopped the work to accuse the MPP of corruption.

During her press conference, Ms Pavani, who resigned from her chairperson post on Saturday, said only one contactor was doing all works in the civic body and neglecting the ward councilors.

Though Ms Pavani referred to an unidentified minister’s clearance for taking commissions, she on Sunday claimed that she did not made such comments and her comments were distorted by graphics in the electronic media.

The reference to the minister was taken by some in the media as a hint at municipal administration minister K.T. Rama Rao.

Reacting to this, senior Congress leader K.K Mahender Reddy demanded the minister for IT and municipal administration and urban development K.T. Rama Rao to resign from the post by taking the moral responsibility for the chairperson’s comments.

ACCORDING TO some reports, the elected representatives feel that some contractors, especially those who are close to the ruling party, are not paying them commissions due to their proximity to higher-ups in the government.