KCR’s corruption exposed in Kaleshwaram, says Mahesh Goud

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud said that the Judicial Commission on the irregularities in Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project pointed all fingers towards former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao in the massive irregularities in the planning and execution of the project.

“I have seen media reports on the Kaleshwaram Commission clearly holding KCR and his team responsible for the enormous violations leading to poor quality of construction,” he said arguing that the report has revealed what the Congress had been saying all along.

“Thousands of crores were wasted in the name of irrigation development, but the reality is that the Kaleshwaram project was driven by personal gain,” he said during his Janahita padayatra in Armoor on Saturday.

Mr. Goud accused KCR of completely ignoring expert advice and overstepping technical guidelines. “Engineers were silenced, and the project was built as per the whims and fancies of KCR so that they could make money. The project failure isn’t just inefficiency but criminal negligence,” he said.

He reiterated that the Congress government will ensure accountability and justice, holding those responsible for such scams answerable to the people of Telangana.

He also blamed KCR and former minister for Irrigation Harish Rao for Andhra Pradesh pushing the controversial Banakacherla project as the BRS had made backdoor agreements with Andhra Pradesh during their tenure.

Earlier in the day, AICC in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan, Minister Damodar Rajanarsimha, and Mahesh Kumar Goud participated in Shramadanam activities with students at Jogipet Degree College.

Minister D. Seethakkha, MLA Madan Mohan Rao, Advisor to Government Shabbir Ali and AICC secretary Sampath Kumar also joined the padayatra.

Mr. Goud further said that the credit for the historic decision of 42% reservations to Backward Classes goes to the Congress Party, which introduced it through the Kamareddy Declaration. “It is Rahul Gandhi’s leadership that made this possible,” he declared. He wondered why BRS MLC K Kavitha was making noise when she was silent during her father’s regime.