Hyderabad: Kishan Reddy demands CBI inquiry into Kaleshwaram from CM

Hyderabad: Accusing the Congress government of adopting a soft stance towards BRS on the issue of alleged corruption during its tenure, BJP state president G Kishan Reddy demanded Minister Principal A Revanth Reddy to clarify its stand. Government on the question of ordering a CBI inquiry into alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram elevator river project. At a press conference here on Tuesday, Kishan Reddy said that before coming to power, Revanth Reddy had demanded the Center to order a CBI inquiry on the Kaleshwaram project, but now it is not taking any step in that direction. “Even though it has been more than 25 days since he assumed charge, Revanth Reddy has not yet written to the Center demanding a CBI inquiry into Kaleshwaram. If the Chief Minister writes a letter to the Center requesting a CBI inquiry, I will be in charge of initiating it within 48 hours. Kishan Reddy said that, since the Congress did not have an absolute majority in the state assembly, it was slowly moving forward with the irregularities committed by the previous BRS government, adding that both the Congress and the BRS had reached an understanding and Were trying to retreat. , .Investigation in Kaleshwaram. Commenting on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the BJP state president said he will hold state election team meetings on January 7 and 8 and form a new election committee to prepare the party for the elections. Pointing out that there was a lot of demand for entries for the BJP Lok Sabha, he said the party had a list of eight candidates and was looking for candidates for the remaining seats. “Our central direction will determine the candidates soon. The party is already in favor of announcing the candidates”, he said. Said that the party hopes that the Election Commission of India will issue the voting notification in the end of February or the first week of March. In response to the question of selection of the leader of the state BJP legislative party, Kishan Reddy said that the leader of the legislative party will be selected soon. “BJP central observers will soon come to the state to decide who will be the BJPLP leader,” he said.