Hyderabad: Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday alleged that the Congress government in Telangana is trying to shift blame onto the BJP instead of initiating its own probe into the alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project, which took shape during the previous BRS regime.

“It is the responsibility of the state government to investigate the alleged irregularities in the project,” he told reporters here.

“ Rahul Gandhi refused their arrest, saying BRS is our friend. That is why they are trying to blame the BJP. They don’t want to investigate corruption,” the union minister claimed.

“They are trying to save themselves by conducting inquiries only into the technical issues raised by the (National) Dam Safety Authority and the Ghose Commission (which probed the issue

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