Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has rejected the plea of the Central Bureau of Investigation to prosecute Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao in connection with the disproportionate assets case against YSR Congress leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy. The Cabinet will recommend the Governor to turn down the plea.
Rao has been accused of alloting state-owned land worth crores at a very low price to Jagan's aides in the controversial Vanpic project. Rao had resigned from the Cabinet on August 13, soon after his name figured in the CBI chargesheet. His resignation, however, has yet not been accepted by Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy.
Meanwhile on Friday, the CBI, which is probing the corruption charges against the jailed YSR Congress leader, accused him of misguiding a special court in Hyderabad while seeking bail "by giving a different interpretation of the apex court's order". Earlier on October 5, the special CBI court had dismissed his bail plea.
Opposing the fresh bail applications of Jagan, CBI Deputy Legal Advisor Balla Ravindranath on Friday argued before the Court of Principal Special Judge for CBI Cases in Hyderabad that the petitioner (Jagan) was not entitled to get any relief at this stage in view of the Supreme Court order, which upheld the submissions of the central agency that the investigations were still on in connection with seven matters related to the case....
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12:05 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Minister for Roads and Buildings Dharmana Prasada Rao, an accused in the case pertaining to alleged quid-pro-quo deals involving YSR Congress party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Tuesday appeared before a special CBI court in Hyderabad. The minister and two senior IAS officers, also accused in the case appeared before the court of principal special judge for CBI cases which had earlier summoned them after taking...
01:29 PM, Sep 25, 2012
Hyderabad: Roads and buildings minister Dharmana Prasada Rao, whose resignation is pending with chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, seems to have not got any assurance form him that the government will rescue him from the CBI charges pertaining to the Vanpic aspect of assets case against YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. The minister submitted his reply to the chief minister to the notices sent by the government over the charges...
12:41 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Hyderabad: Even as Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has swung into action to implement the recommendations of Dharmana Prasada Rao-led ministerial committee, Congress leaders of Telangana have slammed the report saying it was absurd to look for ways to strengthen the party without first resolving the separate statehood issue, which, according to them, is the real crux of the problem. Senior Telangana Congress leader R Damodar Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar...
12:43 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Hyderabad: Four Andhra Pradesh ministers may come under the CBI scanner for their alleged role in issuing controversial government orders that have become the basis for filing a case against YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Jagan was arrested in an alleged disproportionate assets case on May 27 after being grilled for three days by the investigating agency. Dharmana Prasada Rao, J Geeth Reddy, Ponnala Lakshmaih and Sabitha Reddy...
11:46 PM, May 31, 2012
