BRS delegation meets Governor, seeks CBI probe into Revanth’s kin ‘link’ to Singareni tenders

Upping the ante in the battle against what it termed large-scale graft in Singareni tenders, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Tuesday alleged that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, not content with his brothers allegedly cornering land under the controversial Hyderabad Industrial Land Transfer policy, was now attempting to hand over Singareni Collieries to his brother-in-law.

Launching a scathing attack on Revanth Reddy, BRS working president KT Rama Rao alleged that the Chief Minister’s brothers were involved in a HILT scam involving 9,200 acres and now, Singareni tenders were being offered to his brother-in-law under the guise of a site visit certification clause.

“When a clarification was sought over Chief Minister’s brother-in-law Srujan Reddy’s involvement as the ring master in the Singareni tender irregularities, there was no reply from the Congress government,” Rama Rao said, adding that concerned over a series of serious instances of corruption and financial irregularities under the



Congress government in the State, a BRS delegation had met Governor Jishnu Dev Varma at Lok Bhavan.

“An appeal has been made to the Governor to direct Union Minister of Coal G Kishan Reddy to order a probe, either by the CBI or a sitting judge, into the Singareni tenders and to prevent further loss of public money,” Rama Rao told the media after meeting the Governor.

The BRS submitted a memorandum along with documentary evidence related to the alleged misuse of public funds, irregular tendering processes and inflated project costs in mining and solar power projects undertaken by Singareni. The Governor assured that the facts would be verified, said Rama Rao, adding that if justice was not delivered, the BRS under the aegis of TBGKS would conduct programmes to create awareness among Singareni employees over what it described as large-scale plunder in the company and the government’s failure to provide credible explanations despite repeated disclosures by BRS leaders, including former minister T Harish Rao.