Hyderabad: Huzurabad MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy demanded a House Committee probe into the alleged mining scam. He rejected a CID inquiry and targeted Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy over the government’s stand.
Speaking to reporters, Kaushik Reddy said senior BRS leader T. Harish Rao had placed “concrete evidence” in the Assembly. He then asked why the government had not agreed to a House Committee probe. He said the evidence presented in the House required a credible and transparent inquiry.
He also questioned the value of a CID investigation when the allegations involved a sitting minister. According to Kaushik Reddy, officials could not fairly question Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy in such a case. Therefore, he repeated the BRS demand that the minister resign.
The MLA said the government had avoided a stronger mechanism despite the charges raised inside the Assembly. He argued that a House Committee would carry more credibility. He also suggested that the refusal had raised fresh doubts over the government’s intent.
Kaushik Reddy mining row widens into political attack
Kaushik Reddy also attacked rebel leaders Danam Nagender and Kadiyam Srihari. He accused them of intimidation and of showing disrespect towards former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. He linked those remarks to the wider political confrontation around the Kaushik Reddy mining row.
He further alleged that Congress MLAs had targeted him for raising public issues such as jobs and pensions. He said attempts were being made to silence him inside the political system. He also asked why the Assembly Ethics Committee had not acted over what he described as abusive language.
Meanwhile, the MLA framed the dispute as both a corruption issue and a question of institutional fairness. He said the government had failed to answer the core demand for an impartial probe. Instead, he maintained, the ruling side had tried to deflect the issue and isolate opposition voices.
With that, the BRS sharpened its attack on the Congress government and kept the focus on the alleged mining scam. The party also used Kaushik Reddy’s remarks to press for accountability, resignation, and a probe mechanism outside the CID route.