Reacting to allegations stemming from the US indictment of Gautam Adani, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y S Sharmila took intention at her brother and former chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, saying Friday that he “handed over Andhra Pradesh to Gautam Adani like a clean cheque”.
Accusing Jagan of corruption at a “world degree”, Sharmila mentioned, “He has handed over the pursuits of Andhra Pradesh and the folks of Andhra Pradesh to Gautam Adani for a bribe of Rs 1,750 crore. Jagan’s corruption has reached a worldwide degree, and it has introduced disgrace to the state and YSR household.”
In keeping with the indictment, Adani “personally met with Overseas Official 1 in Andhra Pradesh to advance the execution of PSA (energy provide agreements) between SECI (Photo voltaic Power Company of India) and AP’s state electrical energy distribution firms, together with on or about August 7, 2021, on or about September 12, 2021 and on or about November 20, 2021”. The “Overseas Official 1”, in line with the indictment, “had served as a high-ranking authorities official of Andhra Pradesh from Could 2019 to June 2024”.
Whereas the indictment doesn’t identify Overseas Officer 1, a submitting by the Safety Exchanges Fee submitting does say that in August 2021, Adani “met personally with the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh…” Between Could 2019 and June 2024, Jagan Mohan Reddy was the chief minister.
Sharmila additionally put forth the Andhra Pradesh Congress’s demand that each one energy offers by which the Adani Group is concerned be cancelled. “The Adani Group ought to be blacklisted in AP, and all present offers ought to be reviewed and cancelled,” she mentioned.
“On one hand, Adani’s actions are bringing disrepute to India whereas Jagan’s dealings with him are defaming Andhra Pradesh. For bribes, Jagan handed over a number of initiatives to the Adani Group, together with a stake within the Gangavaram Port,” she alleged.
The YSRCP had issued a press release earlier on Friday saying there was no direct settlement between Andhra Pradesh energy distribution firms and the Adani Group. “The state authorities had entered into an settlement with SECI to obtain energy. There isn’t a direct settlement between AP energy distribution firms and every other entities, together with these belonging to the Adani Group. Subsequently, the allegations made on the state authorities, within the gentle of the indictment are incorrect,’’ the assertion mentioned.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu in the meantime mentioned within the Legislative Meeting on Friday that the state authorities is in possession of the indictment stories and guaranteed that motion can be taken if any irregularities are discovered.
