Design Tech MD Vikas in a video statement clarified that there was no scam in the Skill development case. Machinery to the extent of 371 crore was supplied by the company he said in a video film.
Vikas opined that it was unfortunate to arrest Chandrababu Naidu.
As per the MoU, the total cost of the project was Rs 3,356 crore, out of which the state government would provide 10 per cent only as a grant-in-aid while the rest would be invested by Siemens. On January 19, 2015, Naidu virtually inaugurated 17 skill development centers across the state.
However, in March 2021, Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy said in the AP Assembly that the skill development corporation was a scam, and that Naidu was the main perpetrator and beneficiary of the scam. After a preliminary investigation, the AP CID registered an FIR on December 9, 2021 and took up the investigation.
The key allegations are that the TDP government released Rs 371 crore in a hurry within three months of the launch of the project without Siemens investing even a single rupee.TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu filed a petition in the high court seeking directions to quash the FIR registered against him in the skill development scam case.
The TDP chief has filed another petition to cancel the consequential order given by the ACB special court remanding him to judicial custody. He also filed an anticipatory bail with regard to IRR.
