File picture of Congress MP Sonia Gandhi
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As a mark of gratitude to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for granting statehood, the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee has requested her to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from any of the seats in the State, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has said.
Speaking to the media in his native village of Snanala Laxmipuram in Wyra mandal on Sunday, he called upon the political parties to not contest from the Lok Sabha seat in Telangana, from where Ms. Gandhi would choose to contest, as a gesture of gratitude.
He accused the BJP-led Central government of inaction over the allegations of large-scale corruption in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP). “The soft-corner attitude exposed the clandestine understanding between the BJP and the BRS,” he charged.
Let the BJP State leaders prevail upon the their party-led Central government to order a CBI inquiry into the irregularities in KLIP, he said adding that the Congress government has already announced a judicial probe into the lapses in the project.
He said the people’s government in Telangana has released a white paper on the financial anarchy of the previous BRS government which left Telangana grappling with a huge debt burden. A detailed report is being prepared on the irregularities in Mission Bhagiratha, a safe drinking water project for every village in the State, and it will be made public soon, he added.
