TDP leader alleges scam in rice supply from Andhra [Sunday, January 10, 2010]
Andhra Pradesh Home Minister and TDP leader K Siva Prasad Rao has alleged that there was a scam of Rs 26 crores in the supply of 2 lakh quintals of rice to Tamil Nadu. He alledged that one of the Andhra Ministers have demamded a bribe of Rs 130 per quintal for allowing the acceptance of supply requistion from them. The TDP leader also asked the Andhra government to openly declare the price which Tamil Nadu government accepted to pay for buying the rice. Mr Rao was speaking at a press meet at the TDP office on sunday.