Explained: Political Storm Over Kaleswaram Report Allegations Against KCR
Ex-Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and two members of his former cabinet - Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao and Finance Minister Eatala Rajender - have been accused of "brazen procedural and financial irregularities" over the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project. The 650-page report singled out Bharat Rashtra Samithi boss KCR, as the former Chief Minister is called, for taking the "sole and individual decision" to construct the barrages at certain locations by ignoring government protocol, including approval of his cabinet of ministers. The report, which also named senior IAS officials of the time, said the Medigadda, Annaram, and Sundilla barrages suffered from a "profound failure of governance, planning, and oversight". NDTV's Uma Sudhir decodes the report and political implication.
