BJP Demands Criminal Cases Against Those Accused in TDR Scam
He said the BJP would submit a detailed representation to the chief secretary seeking action against all those named in the inquiry and a deeper probe into the alleged political involvement, followed by arrests of those responsible.
Kakinada: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded criminal action against those responsible for the alleged Rs 500-crore Transferable Development Rights (TDR) bonds scam in Kakinada, citing findings of the Vigilance and Enforcement (V&E) department inquiry.
BJP Kakinada district president Bikkina Visweswara Rao alleged that the inquiry has not brought members of the TDR scrutiny committees within its ambit, despite their role in approving the TDR bonds. In this regard, he cited the deposition of the Director of Town and Country Planning, saying she had to abide by the decisions of the scrutiny committees.
Visweswara Rao demanded that the government widen the probe and fix responsibility on every official, politician, and private individual involved in the irregularities. He demanded recovery of the Rs 500 crore lost by the Kakinada Municipal Corporation through the irregular issuance of TDR bonds.
The Kakinada district party president underlined that it is the BJP that alerted the state government about the illegal issuance of TDR bonds to private individuals. On the V&E report mentioning former Kakinada MLA Dwarampudi Chandrasekhara Reddy’s involvement in the TDR bonds’ scam, Visweswara Rao demanded that the swindled amount be recovered from Chandrasekhara Reddy and others responsible for the scam.
He said the BJP would submit a detailed representation to the chief secretary seeking action against all those named in the inquiry and a deeper probe into the alleged political involvement, followed by arrests of those responsible.
Senior BJP leader Duvvuri Subrahmanyam said he, along with BJP leaders Ch. Ramkumar, Gatti Satyanarayana, Y. Malakondaiah, and others, had met the then district collector and Kakinada Municipal Corporation special officer Krithika Shukla and brought the irregularities to her notice. Subrahmanyam alleged that despite these alerts, authorities failed to act, allowing the irregularities to continue.
