CBI (file), Heritage Dairy, family business of Chandrababu Naidu, will also be surveyed
Amaravati:
Andhra Pradesh on Thursday decided to order an investigation by the CBI into alleged corruption in various regimes during the previous dispensation of Chandrababu Naidu, causing losses of hundreds of crores.
The state cabinet, which met in Amaravati today under the chairmanship of chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, approved the recommendations made by a cabinet subcommittee in this regard.
The subcommittee, chaired by Minister of Finance Buggana Rajendranath, conducted a preliminary inquiry into programs such as “Chandranna Tohfa”, “Chandranna Christmas Gift”, “Chandranna Sankranti Kanuka” and the AP Fibrenet project and presented its report.
“The cabinet approved the subcommittee’s report and decided to order a thorough investigation by the CBI,” Minister of Information and Public Relations Perni Venkataramaiah told reporters.
A minister said more than 150 crore rupees had been defrauded on behalf of various “festival gift” programs by the previous regime.
As part of the AP Fibrenet project, which was to provide Internet and telephone services to all households, costs were inflated and a person with false certificates was appointed to head the project, said the minister.
In addition, lower quality set-top boxes (STBs) were purchased from different companies, thereby avoiding the lowest bidder (a South Korean company) who offered to supply high-end STBs at a lower price, a it is claimed.
“It cost the finance ministry hundreds of millions of dollars alone while the project was completed,” said a minister.
The CBI will also be asked to probe payments made to Heritage Dairy, owned by the Chandrababu Naidu family, for the supply of buttermilk.
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