Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has mentioned that the Photo voltaic Power Company of India’s settlement to buy energy from the Adani Group was a bonus for the state authorities and any motion on the bribery expenses can be taken solely after an intensive examination of the data.
“We are going to transfer forward as per the provisions of regulation after analyzing the data,” Naidu mentioned on Wednesday whereas talking with the media on the TDP’s headquarters at Mangalagiri.
On Tuesday, talking at Vijayawada, the CM mentioned that the state authorities can’t scrap contracts until there’s satisfactory proof of irregularities. “We’ve to pay excessive penalties if we scrap the contracts. Except there’s clear proof, we can’t take motion,” he mentioned.
The event comes greater than a month after Gautam Adani’s indictment in the US over allegations of bribing Indian authorities officers for securing “profitable photo voltaic vitality provide contracts”.
Talking within the Legislative Meeting on November 22, Naidu had mentioned that his authorities was in possession of the US indictment reviews, and motion can be taken if irregularities are discovered.
On Wednesday, Naidu made it clear that he won’t ever resort to vindictive politics, however emphasised that he won’t depart those that commit blunders. “Nevertheless huge one could also be, she or he is equal earlier than the regulation,” he mentioned.
Naidu additionally mentioned that the folks suffered rather a lot in the course of the five-year rule of the YSR Congress Get together. “All of the methods had been completely destroyed with the anarchic insurance policies adopted by the then chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, and he pushed Amaravati, Polavaram and different irrigation initiatives into a complete mess,” he mentioned.
He mentioned that the folks gave a historic verdict to the TDP-led NDA authorities within the state in 2024. “After the coalition authorities was shaped, I’ve visited New Delhi 4 occasions to not solely resolve the technical issues but in addition get central funds,” he mentioned.
Naidu additionally cautioned those that put up “objectionable feedback” on-line, saying, “Folks will as soon as once more expertise the 1995 Chief Minister in me. If anybody resorts to posting objectionable feedback on social media, stringent motion might be taken.”
In accordance with the indictment in a US court docket, Adani “personally met with Overseas Official 1 in Andhra Pradesh to advance the execution of PSA (energy provide agreements) between SECI 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 keeping with the indictment, “had served as a high-ranking authorities official of Andhra Pradesh from Might 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 Might 2019 and June 2024, Jagan Mohan Reddy was the chief minister.
The YSRCP had issued a press release saying that there was no direct settlement between Andhra Pradesh energy distribution firms and the Adani Group.
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