The Congress High Command has decided to appoint an internal committee to look into the continuous allegations regarding the Polavaram dam and the contractors involved.
The irrigation minister, Mr Ponnala Laxmaiah, returned from New Delhi on Saturday after submitting details on the Polavaram tenders and the progress made till now. He met Mr Ahmed Patel, the political secretary to the Congress president, and few other senior leaders to explain details about the Polavaram project and alternatives suggested by the engineering expert, Mr T. Hanumantha Rao.
Sources close to the minister said that Mrs Sonia Gandhi was upset when she learnt that two contracting agencies had allegedly been paid Rs 250 crore without actually doing any work.
M/S B. Seenaiah and Company and M/S Madhucon Projects, a company owned by Telugu Desam parliamentary party leader, Mr Nama Nageswara Rao, were awarded the project works and paid mobilisation advance during 2005-09. Since both the companies had failed to start the work, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy government had cancelled the work and decided to go for fresh tenders.
The Congress senior leaders in Delhi have apparently expressed their displeasure over the issue and asked Mr Ponnala why the government could not recover the money from the contractors as they had failed to execute the tender.
Sources also revealed that the Governor, Mr E.S.L. Narasimhan, has also submitted a report on the Jalayagnam progress and irrigation experts in the party are studying both Mr Ponnala’s report and the Governor’s report to identify the flaws in the programme.
After returning from New Delhi, Mr Ponnala went to the Chief Minister to update him with the details of his visit. It may be recalled that Mr Ponnala Laxmaiah had himself requested Mr K. Rosaiah to appoint an inquiry committee to probe into the allegation levelled by some of the senior leaders in the Congress. The Chief Minister, however, had declined to act on that request and instead had expressed serious concern that the public criticism by a senior leader would dent the image of the party.
In Friday’s Cabinet meeting, the Chief Minister made it clear that under no circumstances would the Polavaram design be changed and directed other ministers to defend the government stand on the dam.
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Telangana:Cong leaders to wait before pulling out of JAC
Faced with a directive from the party high command to withdraw from the all-party Telangana Joint Action Committee, Congress leaders from the region today decided to wait till the announcement of the constitution of the committee by the Centre.
“We have decided to chalk out the future course of action after the announcement of the committee by the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram. We will review the situation and decide the future course of action after the announcement of the committee,” senior Congress MLA K. Jana Reddy told reporters after a meeting of the party MLAs, MPs, MLCs and ministers from Telangana.
When specifically asked whether Congress would continue in the JAC, he said, “Everything after the announcement of the committee.”
Congress MP Madhu Yashki Goud said the status-quo would continue till the committee is announced by Chidambaram by the end of this week.
Mr. Jana Reddy said the Congress leaders from Telangana region would refrain from making unwarranted statements as per the directive of Union Minister Veerappa Moily in-charge of Congress affairs in Andhra Pradesh.
Mr. Moily on Sunday told the Congress leaders to withdraw from the JAC and maintain party discipline.
Meanwhile, the Congress leaders condemned a reported incident of State Congress president D. Srinivas being asked to go back at Tirupati on Sunday under the pretext that he is a leader of Telangana.
The Congress leaders from Telangana asked their counterparts in other regions to maintain party discipline and avoid any provocative incidents.
M. Y. Goud said, “We would urge the party high command to form an exclusive party unit for the Telangana region as such an arrangement had existed earlier.”
“We have decided to chalk out the future course of action after the announcement of the committee by the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram. We will review the situation and decide the future course of action after the announcement of the committee,” senior Congress MLA K. Jana Reddy told reporters after a meeting of the party MLAs, MPs, MLCs and ministers from Telangana.
When specifically asked whether Congress would continue in the JAC, he said, “Everything after the announcement of the committee.”
Congress MP Madhu Yashki Goud said the status-quo would continue till the committee is announced by Chidambaram by the end of this week.
Mr. Jana Reddy said the Congress leaders from Telangana region would refrain from making unwarranted statements as per the directive of Union Minister Veerappa Moily in-charge of Congress affairs in Andhra Pradesh.
Mr. Moily on Sunday told the Congress leaders to withdraw from the JAC and maintain party discipline.
Meanwhile, the Congress leaders condemned a reported incident of State Congress president D. Srinivas being asked to go back at Tirupati on Sunday under the pretext that he is a leader of Telangana.
The Congress leaders from Telangana asked their counterparts in other regions to maintain party discipline and avoid any provocative incidents.
M. Y. Goud said, “We would urge the party high command to form an exclusive party unit for the Telangana region as such an arrangement had existed earlier.”
Monday, February 1, 2010
Telangana:Cong leaders to wait before pulling out of JAC
Faced with a directive from the party high command to withdraw from the all-party Telangana Joint Action Committee, Congress leaders from the region today decided to wait till the announcement of the constitution of the committee by the Centre.
“We have decided to chalk out the future course of action after the announcement of the committee by the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram. We will review the situation and decide the future course of action after the announcement of the committee,” senior Congress MLA K. Jana Reddy told reporters after a meeting of the party MLAs, MPs, MLCs and ministers from Telangana.
When specifically asked whether Congress would continue in the JAC, he said, “Everything after the announcement of the committee.”
Congress MP Madhu Yashki Goud said the status-quo would continue till the committee is announced by Chidambaram by the end of this week.
Mr. Jana Reddy said the Congress leaders from Telangana region would refrain from making unwarranted statements as per the directive of Union Minister Veerappa Moily in-charge of Congress affairs in Andhra Pradesh.
Mr. Moily on Sunday told the Congress leaders to withdraw from the JAC and maintain party discipline.
Meanwhile, the Congress leaders condemned a reported incident of State Congress president D. Srinivas being asked to go back at Tirupati on Sunday under the pretext that he is a leader of Telangana.
The Congress leaders from Telangana asked their counterparts in other regions to maintain party discipline and avoid any provocative incidents.
M. Y. Goud said, “We would urge the party high command to form an exclusive party unit for the Telangana region as such an arrangement had existed earlier.”
“We have decided to chalk out the future course of action after the announcement of the committee by the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram. We will review the situation and decide the future course of action after the announcement of the committee,” senior Congress MLA K. Jana Reddy told reporters after a meeting of the party MLAs, MPs, MLCs and ministers from Telangana.
When specifically asked whether Congress would continue in the JAC, he said, “Everything after the announcement of the committee.”
Congress MP Madhu Yashki Goud said the status-quo would continue till the committee is announced by Chidambaram by the end of this week.
Mr. Jana Reddy said the Congress leaders from Telangana region would refrain from making unwarranted statements as per the directive of Union Minister Veerappa Moily in-charge of Congress affairs in Andhra Pradesh.
Mr. Moily on Sunday told the Congress leaders to withdraw from the JAC and maintain party discipline.
Meanwhile, the Congress leaders condemned a reported incident of State Congress president D. Srinivas being asked to go back at Tirupati on Sunday under the pretext that he is a leader of Telangana.
The Congress leaders from Telangana asked their counterparts in other regions to maintain party discipline and avoid any provocative incidents.
M. Y. Goud said, “We would urge the party high command to form an exclusive party unit for the Telangana region as such an arrangement had existed earlier.”
