Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member A. Maheshwar Reddy has asked Telangana Government to address a letter to the Central Government seeking an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project asserting that the BJP will convince the Centre to order a probe by the premier agency within 48 hours.
He wondered as to how the Congress which criticised the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Government about the alleged irregularities was going back on seeking a CBI probe into the issue. “Let the Congress clarify its stand vis-a-vis the BRS. Why is the Government going back?” he said.
Minister D. Sridhar Babu defended the Government’s stand claiming that the Congress assured to order a judicial probe into Kaleshwaram project in its manifesto and efforts have already been initiated in that direction. Congress MLAs contended that the Centre could interfere in the issue as 70% of the funds required for Kaleshwaram project were taken from the Central agencies.
