Not long ago, the Telugu Desam Party had raised hue and cry over the alleged rigging of Polavaram major irrigation project tenders by the ruling Congress party to benefit C Rajam of SEW Constructions, a business partner of Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhara Rao in the Namasthe Telangana daily as part of the deal to dilute the Telangana agitation.
Subsequently the tenders were cancelled and fresh bids were invited for the Polavaram project. After a lot of filtering, the government selected Soma Constructions for awarding the tenders, which were opened on Friday, as it was the lowest bidder (L-1). And ironically, Soma Group is headed by industrialist Maganti Rajendra Prasad, who is said to have close links with the Telugu Desam Party. Of course, Soma also had connections with Progressive Constructions promoted in the past by Congress MP from Eluru Kavuri Sambasiva Rao.
Now, it remains to be seen how the TDP leaders would react, if its rivals allege a secret understanding between the TDP and the Congress to bag the Polavaram tenders.
