KCR lost control, Congress to seek probe, says Revanth

Congress MLA Revanth Reddy on Saturday said that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has lost his control on the administration and the state finances.

Referring to the CAG report that declared the state to be a revenuedeficit state, Mr Reddy accused Mr Rao of taking “full rest” and confining himself to managing the people by giving sentimental slogans.

Mr Reddy said the CAG report has exposed the failure of the state government on several fronts.

He criticised state finance department principal secretary K. Rama Krishna Rao for the economic decline of the state and asked the state government book a criminal case against him.

He accused the government of committing a financial crime by showing loans as income to project a surplus budget.

He said that the CAG revealed a 40 per cent variation in the Budget allotments and expenditure.

Mr Reddy said the Congress will lodge a complaint to investigation agencies over financial irregularities.

He alleged that Mr Chandrasekhar Rao is planning to escape from this mess by making finance minister Etela Rajendar a scapegoat and removing him from the Cabinet on the pretext of financial irregularities exposed by the country’s top auditor.

He said if Mr Chandrasekhar Rao is sincere, he should resign owning the moral responsibilities. Telangana Congress working president Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Saturday criticised IT minister K.T. Rama Rao for describing his party as a third grade party.

Speaking to media, Mr Vikramarka said that the country had won independence under the leadership of the Congress and it is the same party which gave statehood to Telangana.

Highlighting the prominent positions that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has given to his relatives, Mr Vikramarka said Jawaharlal Nehru did not have his daughter Indira Gandhi in his Cabinet; neither did Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi have any of their family members in their Cabinets.

However, he said the KCR Cabinet is loaded with his family members and that Mr Rama Rao was speaking without knowing the history of the Congress.

He accused the CM of turning Telangana into a debt-ridden state.

He sought to know the reason for buying power at higher rate by spending `6,000 crore when the cheaper power is available in the open market. He demanded that the government issue a white paper on the electricity department.