Telangana BJP President and Union Minister for Tourism, Culture and Development of Northeast Region, G. Kishan Reddy, on November 5, he can get the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate into the design and construction flaws of the Medigadda Barrage under the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme “within two hours” of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao giving the requisite permission.
“If the Chief Minister signs the letter at 2 p.m., by 4 p.m., I can request the CBI to begin the probe because the State Government has withdrawn permission for the investigative agency to function here. The only other way the CBI can investigate is if it gets an order from the High Court of the Supreme Court,” he attested at ‘Meet the Press’ programme organised by the Press Club of Hyderabad.
The BJP leader was responding to a question about the role of the Centre in the Kaleshwaram project since it has given the requisite permissions and also provided seven lakh crore rupees loan to this and other works in Telangana in the last nine years.
