Demanding a judicial inquiry into the boat mishap in Krishna River which claimed 22 lives, YSR Congress has said that the Chandrababu Naidu government has been trying to shield the people responsible and shift the blame on others and TDP has been named as the most corrupt government by a credible institution.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, party spokesperson K Parthasarathi said, ‘the issue has been diverted and attempts are made to shield the actual people responsible and the fact that the issue concerns the irrigation department has been ignored and the role of irrigation, minister who has been getting his share for the operation of ferries, has not been brought out.
It is the irrigation minister, who is responsible as his ministry has Conservator of Rivers under whose purview the plying of boats and the safety measures would come. The incident occurred at a stone’s throw from the chief minister’s residence and irrigation department, and the river point has been projected as a tourist spot but the basic facilities were lacking.