Former minister Dokka Manikya Varaprasada Rao today alleged that former chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy amassed about Rs 10,000 crores by illegal means.
Talking to media persons at Congress Legislature Party office here on Thursday, Dokka appealed to Governor ESL Narasimhan to order an inquiry into Kiran’s illegal earnings during the last six months before resigning as chief minister and take immediate action. He said he sent a letter to the Governor as he could not get an appointment with the latter. Alleging there are allegations against Kiran that he was involved in illegal business of minting money from Rs 5,000 crs to Rs 10,000 crs through the back door and amassed enormous illegal wealth, Dokka suspected that there may be some truth behind these allegations.
The former minister felt that Kiran was trying to escape an inquiry by the CBI or other by floating a new political party, which is of no use. That was only the tactic of Kiran, who aimed at getting AICC post after resigning in protest against bifurcation decision taken by the Congress government. There is a widespread criticism that Kiran has cleared a number of files in the last minute for extraneous considerations, the former minister maintained.
“At this juncture, in the interest of the party and government, I hope the Governor would order a review into disproportionate assets and major decisions taken by the former Chief Minister recently, so as to know the veracity of the rumors being circulated. He urged the Governor to recover the amount which is public money. He stated that an inquiry can also be conducted into his ministry of Rural Development and NREGS to ascertain corruption. I will quit politics or ready to face any action if my department involved in corrupt practices”, he said.
The former minister also alleged that like never before in the history of the government, the Kiran Government encouraged corruption in the transfer and postings of IAS and IPS officers in plum posts, he said. “Right now, I own a car and a flat on hire purchase basis. I did not involve in corrupt practices. I have some old assets which I possessed before joining politics”, he maintained.
In the letter addressed to the Governor, Dokka also expressed his happiness that the Governor could resolve Petrol bunks’ strike, change of transfer orders of IAS officers of the Chief Minister’s Peshi and timely steps
