"Psycho is ruling state": Nandamuri Balakrishna hits out at Andhra CM after Chandrababu Naidu's arrest
Hitting out at Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy following the arrest of TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, film star and Hindupur MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna on Saturday said that a psycho is ruling the state and that this regime needs to be ended up.
ANI
Sep 09, 2023 22:24 IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 9 (ANI): Hitting out at Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy following the arrest of TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, film star and Hindupur MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna on Saturday said that a psycho is ruling the state and that his regime needs to be ended.
This came after the Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department (CID) arrested Naidu in connection with an alleged Skill Development Corporation scam.
Responding to this, Balakrishna said, "Jaganmohan Reddy's regime needs to end up. A psycho is ruling the state."
CID has said that Chandrababu was the principal conspirator and "accused no 1" in the Rs 371 crore skill development scam.
However, the filmstar said that over two lakh youths were trained through skill development centres during Chandra Babu's regime.
"I don't understand why Chandrababu got arrested in this case." he said.
According to CID, this case revolves around the establishment of clusters of Centers of Excellence (CoEs) in the state of Andhra Pradesh, with a total estimated project value of Rs 3300 crores.
The agency also claimed that the alleged fraud has caused a huge loss to the Government of Andhra Pradesh in excess of 300 crores.
As per the CID, the investigation has revealed serious irregularities such as before any expenditure by private entities, the then state government provided an advance of Rs 371 crores, representing the entire 10 per cent commitment by the government.
Most of the money advanced by the government was diverted to shell companies through fake invoices, with no actual delivery or sale of the items mentioned in the invoices, CID said.
In its remand report, the CID has said that according to the investigation so far, the total amount spent by private entities on six skill development clusters is sourced exclusively from funds advanced by the Government of AP and AP Skill Development Center, totalling Rs 371 crores. (ANI)
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