Jagan calls Naidu ‘chief architect’ of AP Skill Development Corp scam
The CM also attacked select media houses for ‘backing’ the former AP CM despite his alleged involvement in several irregularities over the past decades
By Newsmeter Network Published on 16 Sep 2023 1:09 PM GMT
Amaravati: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday lambasted TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, accusing him of being the ‘chief architect’ in the multi-crore AP Skill Development Corporation scam.
The CM also attacked select media houses for ‘backing’ the former AP CM despite his alleged involvement in several irregularities over the past decades.
“It’s not just the state government agencies. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has also arrested those who are involved in this fake agreement (skill development case). The person who orchestrated this scam is Chandrababu Naidu,” said Reddy, addressing a public meeting in Nidadavolu in East Godavari. Jagan also recalled the cash-for-votes scam in the Telangana elections a few years ago in which Naidu was named as an accused.
He was speaking after disbursing Rs 537 crore to more than 3.5 lakh eligible women beneficiaries under the YSR Kapu Nestham welfare scheme for the fourth year at an event here.
It has been established that Naidu had engineered the scam amount through shell companies. The ED found the routes through which the money was channelled and the Income Tax department served notices, he added.
Naidu is currently lodged at the Rajamahendravaram Central Prison after being remanded to judicial custody for 14 days for his alleged involvement in the scam.
