KTR accuses Congress of weakening SCCL
KTR alleged ₹10,000 crore in irregularities and demanded a CBI or judge-led probe, while BRS warned of intensified agitation over Singareni workers’ dues.
- On Wednesday, Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president K. T. Rama Rao accused the Congress government led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy of financial mismanagement in Singareni Collieries Company Limited .
- Addressing the "Singareni Karmika Garjana" public meeting in Godavarikhani, KTR alleged irregularities worth ₹10,000 crore in tendering and claimed coal output declined from approximately 70 million tonnes to 58 million tonnes.
- KTR claimed approximately ₹60,000 crore in dues remain pending and alleged ₹6,317 crore was improperly utilised, while questioning Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy's claim that cancelling the Naini tender saved ₹30,000 crore.
- Warning of further protests, KTR vowed the BRS would oppose any move to privatise Singareni and threatened to lay siege to the residences of Congress ministers and MLAs if workers' dues remain unpaid.
- KTR accused Union Coal Minister Kishan Reddy of failing to act on BRS complaints regarding alleged irregularities, urging Singareni employees to unite to protect their rights and the enterprise's future.
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KTR seeks CBI probe into ‘Rs 10,000 crore' Singareni scam
Peddapalli: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao on Wednesday, October 14, demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe or an inquiry by a sitting judge into an alleged Rs 10,000 crore scam in the Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL), accusing Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy of conspiring to privatise the state-run miner. Addressing the “Singareni Karmika Garjana” meeting of coal workers, Rao alleged that the Ch…
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BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao accused the Congress government in Telangana of corruption and financial mismanagement in Singareni Collieries Company Limited, alleging a ₹10,000-crore scam and demanding a CBI probe into tender-related irregularities. He alleged that ₹6,317 crore had been diverted or improperly utilised over two years and claimed that around ₹60,000 crore was pending in dues to the company. KTR also threatened intensified p…
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