Jana Sena Founder Pawan Kalyan said that he doesn’t fear India’s top businessmen like Mukesh Ambani and added that he will order an enquiry into the exploitation of oil resources in Krishna Godavari Basin by Reliance. He also alleged that AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and YSRCP Chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy have not questioned RIL about its over-use of oil resources.
“Either Chandrababu, Lokesh and Jagan fear Ambani or they are also part of the scam,” Pawan Kalyan alleged. Taking on RIL, he questioned the Oil giant for closing down its oil and gas discovery recently, after exploiting resources in the KG Basin for 10 years – from 2008 to 2018.
Quoting the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report of 2015, Pawan said that CAG report states that there were irregularities in payments to contracts for drilling well in the KG-D6 field. In 2017, the Oil & Gas Ministry raised a compensation claim, there has been no progress on it.
“The compensation to recover nearly $1.1 billion has to be sought from RIL. Further, RIL has deprived the Godavari region of jobs. Whether it is Mukesh Ambani or anyone, Jana Sena will fight for the people,” Pawan added. The Jana Senani also slammed the Prime Minister for overlooking such a huge issue that has deprived AP of natural resources. “If we form the government in 2019, we will hold Mukesh Ambani responsible for RIL’s follies,” he said.
Political observers say that Jana Sena Chief struck the right chord with people by raising such a crucial issue. Several Chief Ministers have neglected this issue. While the deal was struck during Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy’s regime despite opposition to it by several parties in united Andhra Pradesh, Pawan has done the right thing by highlighting this issue, they opine. After raising an alarm on the Kidney diseases epidemic in Uddanam on which the state government was forced to act, this issue of RIL’s exploitation of KG Basin will surely win Jana Sena brownie points.
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