KTR awakens ghost of graft to target Congress

As alleged by your current best friend, and then opposition leader Naidu, was Jala yagnam mere Dhana yagnam? Was your then CM (Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy) Raja of Corruption? Though Congress had nothing to do with family of YSR, still it had to carry the baggage. (sic) —

caretaker minister escalated to `1 lakh crore.” He said the Congress party under Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy as Chief Minister had conceived Kaleswaram with an initial outlay of `17,000 crore in 2007, but within a year, in 2008, the cost had shot up to `38,200.

In 2010, the Congress again revised it to `40,000 crore.

He said the Central Water Commission gave final clearance for `80,190 crore and not `1 lakh crore as alleged by Rahul Gandhi.

The caretaker minister said that Rahul Gandhi’s corruption charge has no basis and advised him to refrain from spreading canards against the KCR family.

He said the escalation was due to the rehabilitation and resettlement package due to the new land acquisition act of 2013. The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee may face tough times ahead as BC leaders from the party are raising their voice for social justice and demanding tickets for the forthcoming Assembly elections. Some senior leaders like former MP V. Hanumantha Rao are publicly demanding two Assembly segments from every parliamentary constituency for the Backward Classes.

BC leaders led by Mr R. Krishnaiah met Congress senior leader K. Jana Reddy last week and requested him to allot at least 50 per cent of the seats for the BC community. In addition, leaders belonging to SC and ST communities are lobbying for tickets. Addressing a meeting on Sunday, Mr Rao said, “We are ready to give at least two tickets for the BCs in each parliamentary constituency.”

Going by Mr Hanumantha Rao’s statement, the Congress would give at least 34 seats to the BCs from the 17 parliamentary