Hyderabad, June 26 (NSS): The NTPC fly-ash controversy between Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and Huzurabad MLA from the BRS party Padi Kaushik Reddy has intensified. Padi challenged the minister to take an oath if he did not commit any corruption in the issue at Venkateswara Swamy temple in Hyderabad’s Film Nagar and reached the temple at 11 am on Wednesday.
“Ponnam Prabhakar made false allegations against me. If he did not do anything wrong, why didn’t Ponnam come to take an oath,” he asked. He said it had been proved that he committed a scam of Rs 100 crore. Kaushik announced that he had started a black book in the name of Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and added that action would be taken after coming to power in the State.
Reddy was detained at his residence in Veenavanka on Tuesday after he reacted sharply to the allegations levelled by Congress Huzurabad constituency in-charge Odithela Pranav. He publicly swore with wet clothes at residence and claimed that he did not commit any corruption. In Singapur village, Pranav was stopped from coming out of his house by the police. The BRS party district president G V Ramakrishna Rao was detained by the police from coming out of his house in Manakondur. The high drama, which lasted for three hours, created a sensation across the State.
(NSS)
