Jagan Mohan Reddy promises to order probe into scams under under Naidu’s regime

Vijayawada: Trouble could be in the offing for TD supremo N. Chandrababu and his former cabinet colleagues with Chief Minister-designate Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy asserting that his government would dig out all the scams that might have taken place during the tenure of the TD government by conducting department-wise reviews.

In a conversation with reporters in Delhi after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah, Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy said that a large scam took place in the form of selectively leaking information regarding the location of the new capital to enable Mr Naidu’s benamis buy land.

He further said that the Heritage group had bought 14 acres of land that was spared from land pooling. Mr Reddy reiterated that there was insider trading in capital selection.

The Chief Minister-designate said that the land parcels belonging to Mr Naidu’s benamis were exempted from land pooling, and said that sensational revelations would unfold as the YSRC digs deeper into the scam.

He said that the cases filed against him were a political conspiracy and that he had never interfered in governance while his father Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy was Chief Minister. He said he was living in Bengaluru at the time and visited Hyderabad only to meet his parents. “I never spoke to any government officials,” he said.

“There will be a department-wise review, and white papers will be released after a detailed study on the irregularities identified in the previous regime. We want to ensure corruption-free governance,” Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy said.

He added that the completion of the Polavaram project was vital for the state and that he would explore all means to complete the project and “even go for reverse tenders if required”.