Telangana Congress president, A. Revanth Reddy demanded Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan order an inquiry into the sinking of some pillars of the Medigadda barrage of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) as the State government was trying to hush it up, blocking the entry of media and other political parties going for inspection.
Speaking to the media in New Delhi, he said the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) should also probe into the allegations of corruption in the Kaleshwaram project as the corrupt practices were exposed with the sinking of pillars of a mega project that was constructed with over ₹1 lakh crore.
Demanding that ministers K.T. Rama Rao and T. Harish Rao go to the barrage, he said a delegation of the Congress would also join to see and analyse the damage. They should explain what went wrong if they believed quality was not compromised during the project construction, he said. He said people believed KCR’s family had made money in the project, and that is what Congress MP Rahul Gandhi reiterated during his Telangana tour.
