Chief Secretary Teaches The CRDA In His Style

Something eerie is happening in case of construction of AP’s capital city. There is something suspicious going on behind Chandrababu’s going after companies of Singapore. His involvement at every step, barring ministers and officials in this matter is raising eyebrows. This is the topic of discussion among people and political circles since quite some time. Ministers’ committee’s recommendations expose the CM’s additional initiative in the whole matter. The proposals receiving pre-submission approval from the CM, the files then going to the officials and the Government’s Chief Secretary’s condemnation of the whole procedure are certainly raising suspicion about what is cooking.

Yes, he takes care of everything

Ministers’ committee’s recommendations clearly mention that the CM has been personally taking care of negotiations and financial transactions with Singapore companies. It has also been mentioned that Chandrababu has talked on the phone to the foreign affairs minister of Singapore, Eshwaran. Chandrababu has also signed in agreement to the recommendations. But infrastructure authority has not agreed to accept these recommendations even after signature of the CM. This authority has assembled in the secretariat and the details have come out.

Chief Secretary slams the whole thing

Government’s Chief Secretary Tucker raised objection about sending the files to officials after the CM has accepted the recommendations. He demanded the CRDA officials how the authority could accept after the CM has already accepted, Babu being the chairman of CRDA. He made it clear that asking the authority to hastily accept to the recommendations was improper. He ridiculed the CRDA by saying that the CRDA should have been taken to the cabinet meeting without involving the CS. He questioned how authority meeting could happen without finding the opinions of the relevant departments.

Collection of opinions after CM’s approval?!

CRDA officers fell into confusion after facing the fury of the Chief Secretary. They finally informed that they would send files to concerned departments for gathering opinions. Then the CS questioned them what they would do if the concerned department’s officials denied to the recommendations already accepted by the CM. With the CRDA having no answer to this question, CS Tucker suggested that legal advice should be taken in this regard to make sure if regulations had been followed according to infrastructure development act 2001.

Decision to take legal advice

CS Tucker expressed doubts regarding the CM-approved recommendations of ministers’ committee as well as the discounts offered by the consortium of Singapore companies and development agreement. He ordered certain officials to clear these doubts and requested for legal advice. Department of law, in response to this, stated that the opinion of the Advocate General had to first be gathered. CS Tucker made it clear that he was not ready to accept according to the Government’s will.