Speaking to ANI, he said that on one side there is the Kaleshwaram project and on the other side there is the power project-inquiry. He questioned how the Congress government was going to pay the pending bills to the contractors.
He also said that Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and other Congress ministers had earlier raised questions about power project agreements and demanded the Narasimha Reddy Commission take evidence from CM Reddy, Uttam Kumar Reddy, and others on this matter.
Earlier, BRS President and former Telangana Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao requested Justice Narasimha Reddy to refuse to head the commission that is enquiring into the power purchase agreements during his regime.
In a letter, KCR requested Justice Narasimha Reddy to refuse to head the inquiry commission.
KCR wrote, «I believe you have crossed the limits beyond the terms of reference in apportioning unjustified blame on the government, which shows your determination to discredit the erstwhile government. Hence the request for you to withdraw from the commission of inquiry.»
KCR also alleged that Justice Narasimha Reddy has a predetermined opinion that mistakes were committed by the earlier government. He also wrote that it is pointless to depose anything before this commission of inquiry because of this.
«I wanted to submit my reply to the commission by June 15, 2024, as per your notice, but against the conventions of a commission of inquiry, before completing the inquiry, your act of calling for a press