tDP raises heat on jagan asks him to reveal details of meetings with adani
TDP raises heat on Jagan Mohan, asks him to reveal details of meetings with Gautam Adani
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) spokesperson Anam Venkataramana Reddy Wednesday demanded that YSR Congress Party president and former chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy reveal details of his meetings with industrialist Gautam Adani.
Claiming that files related to purchasing power from Adani Group through the Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) were secretly signed and moved by the previous YSRCP government in spite of opposition from various departments, the TDP leader demanded that Jagan come clean on the bribery allegations made in the indictment of Gautam Adani in a US court.
Sources in the TDP say that several party leaders are in a bind regarding the bribery allegations amounting to Rs 1,750 crore, and feel the TDP-led NDA government should open an investigation into the power purchase agreements and hold Jagan accountable.
On Tuesday, two state ministers had said that power purchase agreements made by the Jagan government with the Solar Energy Corporation of India to purchase power from Adani Group are under scanner.
Speaking in the Legislative Assembly on Friday, CM Chandrababu Naidu had said, “I have all the reports of the indictment filed in the US. We will study them and take action accordingly. We will inform what action we will take.” In response to some NDA members demanding action against Jagan, Naidu had said the allegations against the previous YSRCP government hurt the brand image of Andhra Pradesh. “It is sad. Our prestige has been hurt.”
According to the US court indictment, Adani “personally met with Foreign Official 1 in Andhra Pradesh to advance the execution of PSA (power supply agreements) between SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India) and AP’s state electricity distribution companies, including on or about August 7, 2021, on or about September 12, 2021 and on or about November 20, 2021”. The “Foreign Official 1”, according to the indictment, “had served as a high-ranking government official of Andhra Pradesh from May 2019 to June 2024”.