Naidu is main accused in Emaar case: YSR Congress

The YSR Congress party on Saturday demanded that the Central Bureau of Investigation make former chief minister and Tdp President N Chandrababu Naidu as the main accused in the Emaar Properties case.

Addressing a press conference, YSR Congress state coordinator PNV Prasad said the irregularities in the Emaar Properties began in the year 2000 when Chandrababu Naidu was the chief minister. He said in association with one Koneru Prasad, Naidu developed friendship with the Dubai-based Emaar Group chairman Alabair. Later in 2002, without verifying the facts and in total violations of the rules, Naidu allotted 535 acres of land to Emaar.

Stating that former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy and Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy were uncessarily being dragged into the controversy; Prasad said the CBI must go into the depth to trace out the roots of Emaar scam. He said neither YSR nor Jagan had anything to do with the irregularities in the Emaar Properties. He also alleged that Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra was a director in the Emaar-MGF and the CBI must probe the involvement of Gandhi's family into the Emaar scam.

The YSR Congress leader ridiculed Chandrababu Naidu's movement against corruption. "After indulging in so many scams, today Chandrababu Naidu is trying to act like Anna Hazare of Andhra Pradesh," he said. A thorough probe into the irregularities would unravel the truth and unmask the real culprits behind the scams, he added.