RS Praveen Kumar alleges Rs 2,041 crore scam in residential schools supplies

BRS General Secretary RS Praveen Kumar on Saturday alleged a Rs 2,041 crore scam in the procurement of commodities for residential schools and challenged SC and ST Welfare Minister Adluri Laxman to an open debate on the issue at the Press Club, Somajiguda, on July 2.

Praveen Kumar said that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy continued to make tall claims about eradicating drugs from the State. However, he claimed that Niranjan Jain, a contractor for supplying trunk boxes, was involved in drug peddling. He



questioned what guarantee there was that drugs would not reach children under the guise of trunk boxes.

He recalled that City Police Commissioner CV Anand had earlier stated that Niranjan Kumar Jain owned several businesses and had allegedly approached drug peddlers nearly 30 times.

At a press conference here on Saturday, Praveen Kumar also questioned why TSCO, which was meant to work for the welfare of weavers, had awarded the fabric supply contract to Rajesh Agarwal.