P Shankar Rao on Thursday submitted several documents to the Governor as 'evidence' for his allegations of corruption against the Home Minister and the Excise Minister.
Handloom & Textiles Minister Dr. P Shankar Rao on Thursday submitted several documents to Governor E S L Narasimhan as 'evidence' for his allegations of corruption against Home Minister P Sabitha Indira Reddy and Excise Minister M Venkataramana Rao.
Dr. Shankar Rao called upon the Governor at Raj Bhavan on Thursday, and submitted a petition, along with other documents. In his memorandum, he claimed that he was in receipt of several complaints regarding the corrupt practices of the Home and Excise ministers.
"The police department, by government orders, effected some transfers of ACPs in the Hyderabad City Police, whereas Mrs. Sabita Indira Reddy, as Home Minister passed stay orders against the orders of the police department stopping the postings of one Mr. Muralidhar as ACP, Gopalapuram," he alleged in the memorandum.
"Likewise, I am receiving a lot of complaints about the Home Minister that she has made it a habit of collecting huge sums from the officers through her henchmen and kith and kin, thereby resorting to corruption and malpractices punishable under the Prevention Of Corruption Act," Dr. Shankar Rao said.
He also alleged that Sabitha Indra Reddy had "worst track records (sic) as Minister of Mines by resorting to corrupt practices".
He accused her of having amassed ill-gotten property, of having looted the public exchequer, and of having collected money by corrupt practices. He also submitted copies of representations that he had received about her corrupt practices.
Dr. Shankar Rao also levelled similar allegations against the Excise Minister.
"He puts a rate for each posting or transfer right from the constable to the top level in the postings, transfers or promotions," he alleged.
He went on to say, "In departments like Revenue, Irrigation, R&B, industries, Panchayat Raj, Excise, Home or Public Services, organised gangs of corrupt officers were being posted in vital positions, irrespective of their standing, background and character."
Alleging that ministers were resorting to open corruption and causing severe loss to the state's exchequer, the Textiles Minister demanded that the government act tough in dealing with them.
Later, talking to reporters, Shankar Rao denied allegations levelled by a private news channel that he had taken a bribe from a GHMC aspirant. He said that he would file a defamation suit against the channel as there was no truth in the allegation.
He said baseless reports were being published against him so as to prevent him from exposing corrupt politicians. (INN)