Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP K. Laxman has once again accused the Congress government of ‘soft-pedalling’ on the action to be taken against those responsible for the design, construction and maintenance lapses of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project and more specifically, damage to the Medigadda barrage.
“It is strange that after demanding CBI probe and changing stance to a judicial inquiry, the government continues to rely on the same officials for making presentations on what went wrong. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy wants the entire KLIP to be investigated while Irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy talks of only Medigadda barrage damage,” he said, pointing out to the inconsistency of the stance.
At a press conference at the BJP office on Sunday, Mr. Laxman wondered if the government wanted to lure the BRS leaders to its side by not initiating any action against those responsible for the various corrupt deals in the last nine-and-half-years.
