HYDERABAD:The Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments are grinding their axes for a showdown in Hyderabad as it became more or less clear on Tuesday that the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is set to slap notices on AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in the cash-for-vote case.
In fact, ACB served a notice on TDP MLA S Venkata Veeraiah, summoning him for questioning as his name figured in the call list of the original complainant in the case, Telangana nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson.
The political temperature in Hyderabad climbed up a few notches on Tuesday morning amid speculation that Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) cleared an “important decision.”
ACB Director General A K Khan had two rounds of closed-door meetings with KCR, triggering rumours that the latter may have given the go ahead either to serve notices on Naidu or name him directly in the chargesheet or even, arrest a few in the case.
In a tit-for-tat response, the CID of the AP police is understood to be ready with notices for KCR for allegedly tapping the phones of Naidu and his cabinet colleagues.
Sources told Express the AP government has “hard proof” to establish beyond a shadow of doubt that phones of TDP leaders were being tapped for a long time.
It is learnt that amid this high drama, a team from the Ministry of Home Affairs is likely to arrive in Hyderabad on Wednesday to possibly find a solution to the crisis.
Rajnath Tight-lipped
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said he had nothing to comment on the crisis. On the AP government’s demand to invoke Section 8 of the AP Reorganisation Act, which empowers the Governor to have control over law and order, he replied that “the issue will be resolved by Union Home Secretary.”
