Hyderabad: There was a war of words between Opposition leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Minister K Atchennaidu in the Assembly on Saturday on power purchase and allotment of Fiber grid project to Terra Software company.
Participating in the debate on the Fiber Grid project after CM Naidu’s statement, Mr Jagan pointed out that the first phase of works were awarded to Terra Software which is blacklisted by none other than the government. The company is reportedly involved in scams worth hundreds of crores of rupees, he said.
Mr Jagan said V. Harikrishna Prasad, who owns the company, was reportedly booked for trying to steal an electronic voting machine (EVM) from Mumbai. "Mr Prasad was appointed as a member in the high-power committee on Fiber Grid tenders and finally, the government has awarded the works to the company owned by him," he said.
Reacting to the allegations levelled by Mr Jagan, the chief minister said that Mr Prasad went to jail for a social cause and not for looting public money like him. "Mr Prasad proved that EVMs could be tampered with to tweak results and all the political parties appreciated him," Mr Naidu said.
