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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
R. Ravikanth Reddy

Congress alleges BRS govt disbursing money to contractors & illegally transferring lands to benamis despite MCC

Telangana Congress has alleged that it has credible information on the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government trying to disburse the money meant for Rythu Bandhu scheme to the contractors of their choice for the works done over the years.

The party demanded the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) direct the officials not to disburse the money on the instructions of the BRS government which ‘will be out of power’ in a few days. Moreover, the election code is still in place and the government does not has the right to disburse the money meant for farmers to their favourite contractors.

A delegation of the Telangana Congress led by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy, Nalgonda MP N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and senior leaders Mahesh Kumar Goud, Madhu Yaskhi Goud, Anjan Kumar Yadav, G. Niranjan, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Rohin Reddy, Harkara Venugopal and Anil Kumar Yadav met the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vikas Raj and urged him to direct the Chief Secretary not to release the funds.

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