Hyderabad, September 30: Handloom and Textiles Minister Dr P Shankar Rao on Thursday submitted several documents to Governor ESL Narasimhan as ‘evidence’ for his allegations of corruption against Home Minister P Sabita Indira Reddy and Excise Minister M Venkataramana Rao.
Dr Shankar Rao called upon the Governor at Raj Bhavan on Thursday and submitted a petition along with other documents. In his memorandum, he claimed that he was in receipt of several complaints regarding the corrupt practices of Home and Excise Ministers. “The police department by government orders affected some transfers of ACPs in Hyderabad City Police, whereas, Mrs Sabita Indira Reddy, as Home Minister passed stay orders against the orders of police department stopping the postings of one Mr Muralidhar as ACP Gopalapuram,” he alleged in the memorandum.
“Likewise I am receiving lot of complaints about the Home Minister that she has made it a habit of collecting huge sums from the officers through her henchmen and kith and kin, thereby resorting to corruption and malpractices punishable under prevention of corruption Act,” Dr Shankar Rao said. He also alleged that Sabita Indira Reddy was “having very worst track records as Minister of Mines by resorting to corrupt practices”. “She has amassed lot of ill-gotten properties, instances of loot of public exchequer, collection of money by corrupt practices,” he alleged and also submitted the copies of representations that he received in this regard.
Dr Shankar Rao also levelled similar allegations against the Excise Minister. “He puts a rate for each posting or transfer right from constable to the top level in the postings, transfers or promotions,” he alleged. He went on to say that, “in departments like revenue, irrigation, R&B, industries, Panchayat Raj, Excise, Home or Public Services organised gangs of corrupt officers were being posted in vital positions irrespective of their standing, background and character.”
Alleging that ministers were resorting to open corruption and causing severe loss to the State’s exchequer, the Textiles Minister demanded that the government must act tough in dealing with them.
Later, talking to reporters Dr Shankar Rao denied allegations levelled by a private news channel that he took bribe from a GHMC aspirant. He said he would be filing a defamation suit against the channel as there was no truth in the allegation. He said baseless reports were being published against him so as to prevent him from exposing the corrupt politicians.
——Agencies